A 200 metres run at the 2005 Athletics World Championships in Helsinki. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The thrill gives you fuel for the chase
The glory of reaching your goal
Adrenalin rising you up
Energy flows through your soul
Tasting victory now on the wind
Running as though you could fly
Seeking the glittering prize
Just not enough that you try
Competition flows in your veins
Know you’ll be best of the best
Climbing unconquerable mountains
Rising each time to the test
Pitting your fibre and form
Against all achievements you’ve made
Secure in the effort this took
Smiling throughout the parade
As I observe your domain
I see how your victory is gained
I bow to your focus and drive
With all of your honor retained
(c) Helen Valentina 2013, All Rights Reserved
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This, and a number of your your other poems, should be set to music Helen.
🙂
Thank you! That’s so kind! I wish I could write music but I can’t – always happy to collaborate with musicians though! 🙂
I’ve never understood competition, myself. It just seems to me to be a never ending struggle to get as many people to resent you as possible.
LOL…I think there are two kinds of competition – a healthy kind which is about reaching to extend yourself beyond your own personal best, which is what this poem is about – and the less healthy kind which is about feeling superior to others. But I guess either way some others might resent you!! 🙂
I love when you have positive uplifting poems like this one.
Thank you!!! I tend to veer from positive to negative quite a bit, really as the muse strikes. But the positive ones are always more enjoyable to write! 🙂
Great poem, and the last stanza, ‘I bow to your focus and drive, with all of your honour retained’ particularly brilliant. You always close your poems extremely well.
Thank you so much, that is very kind!! 🙂 🙂