Finishing Second
Finishing Second
By: Tom Wright
1-8-2020
By finishing first I avoid feeling downcast,
I see scant disparity from second to last.
The victor always got to pick the plum,
while second place donned a face of glum.
In life, when I’ve failed to keep up the pace,
I ended up an also ran, just taking up space.
I’ve won some races by exhibiting the most guts,
and a few I’ve lost by not knowing the shortcuts.
Life is like a race, it has a start, a finish,
and an undetermined amount of steps in between.
Tom
Copyright © Tom Wright | Year Posted 2020
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