Another Art

Another Art (Thanks to Elizabeth Bishop)

The art of winning isn’t hard to master
So often energy becomes diffused
To stay the swift from running faster

Play mind games everyday. Allow small disasters
Or life’s bad beats, the times when you lose.
The art of winning isn’t hard to master

Then focus running farther, running faster
Races and games; re-kindle the fuse
To dream. Stay the course, shun disaster

I conquered cancer’s race, Oh Boy! My past, or
Almost past, my life again to choose
The art of winning isn’t hard to master

I won two trophies, golden things. And mastered
Some lifelong dreams, two contests, small clues.
Placed on a shelf of alabaster

Even losing you (your willful choice, a gesture
I hated.) You shouldn’t have lied. From my view
The art of winning isn’t hard to master
The pain of losing you is no disaster!

KBris 2005