Contest

Flagging, flailing
Wasting, wailing
I falter where you fail
Pressing, pleading
Sorrowing, Sighing
You fall while I still try
Wary, Watchful
Cautious, Clever
The odds of that this will work is never
Coveting, Crying
Begging a Begining
Who would contest those odds?

Eternal Struggle

Eternal Struggle

Eternal struggle

Between beloved and friend

Who wins out in the end?

Should there be a winner?

Why is it a contest?

Can we love equally?

When friend becomes beloved

There is the perfect solution

Since that only happens

In fairy tales and books

We must always expect

To be second place

And if we are moved higher

We should be gracious

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