But Death

Competition is good; but not really, 
because sometimes it can get downright 
silly--like people betting on two homeless 
people fighting over food, betting 
on one, while the other gets booed. 

Like two countries fighting for peace, 
they fight over and it's never complete. 
They take rest for a time, and then it starts again; 
to such a war, there is no end. 

Competition in sports, well that's 
okay. Balls, equipment, a book of rules-- 
let's play. But competition beyond 
the sports arena is wrong. Making war 
like a sport means people being dead, homes 
destroyed, and children being gone. 

It creates starvation poverty and broken hearts; 
there's no win, from the very start. Blood and guts, 
people in pain, and lives that will never be 
the same. Why should medals be given? This 
war has no end to it. Then, if that's the case, it's 
better to quit. 

Why can't we all just get along, share food 
and love and keep growing on? Why do we build 
walls to protect us from each other? Is it 
not true that the blood makes us all sisters 
and brothers? 

Competition is good when playing games. But 
competition and war are not the same. The day will 
come when it will be sports or war. I just don't 
understand what we are waiting for? One is fun; 
the other is death. One creates happiness; the 
other leaves nobody left.

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