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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E Poet | Year Posted 2018
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