Winning

Sometimes the odds

even out

and you win

You are outstretched

arms in surrender

to victory and joy

The first to cross the tape

But contrary to popular belief

there is no such thing as losing

only loss

We can only lose each other

There is no finish line

Even if there were

being last is just a new

beginning

There is no race

There is only here, now

and the hope for tomorrow

There is grief, struggle

pain

and there is starting over

We regenerate, forgive

love

So as you are running

from point A to point B

know

that it is still only just

a circle

The fact that you are still

here

is winning

On your worst day you have won

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