the dawn of us

winner

i've learned
to lose

a lot

i've lost
people, objects, time,

i've lost it all

and although
tears have been shed

i've learned to
move forward

like a flowing river
a current that cannot be stopped

i can only follow

and not let the scrapes
from the hurling rocks

drown me
in this
city of competitors

i've learned
to lose myself
in the current of the water

take blue as more
than just my regular sadness

aquamarine
keeping me less than green

i've learned to lose it all

winning only for myself.