Second place
is just last in a race
that I never
wanted to run
in the first place.
I didn't want to
compete against you.
I didn't want to make
anyone choose between us.
I didn't want one of us
to matter more than the other,
even for a time.
I wanted to drop out,
forfeit it,
so you could just win
without me wasting my breath -
but they insisted on
seeing that damned
sport until to the end.
I know where my place is,
I know what I mean,
with this piece of silver
next to your gold.
I'm just...me.
YOU ARE READING
To the World...(A Collection of Poems)
PoetryZelda Aurora Gabriel has been writing poetry from the time she was 13. She is now 25. Different from others her age, poetry became an outlet and a means of understanding a world that often didn't understand her. "To the World" is a compilation and a...
