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The Marathon of Life

You Live to Die

By Calie Judy BrooksPublished 7 months ago 1 min read
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Life

Life is priceless

Life is a game

Life is race

You’ll win on your own

All of those are partially true

Life is not a competition,

Not really

It’s a marathon

It is somewhat of a race

But mainly a personal goal

An objective you choose for yourself

To stay the longest

To finish first

If you do your best

The only time you lose

Is when you give up

People can cheat,

But they’ll get caught

Losing is life

If you lose by choice

You lose for good

If you lose by force

You can retrial

If you lose by accident

That’s the big win

Wining is rare

If you accomplish

Your objective

Before the end

Don’t give up

Nor the race

Nor the objective

Now,

Do your best

The race has started

Don’t give up

You’ll only lose

Did you want to lose?

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