A free verse poem of lost battles.


When Losing is the Only Option

Perfection says to win every battle,
But the opponent is too strong.

Your sword falls to the ground,
Powerless against the enemy.

Trying to retreat from combat,
Wounded in the line of duty.

Condemned by the ego,
Pride suffers from a powerful hit.

Surrendering to the war of cause,
When losing is the only option.




Poetry by Survivor48
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Written on 2016-07-08 at 14:30

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Jamsbo Rockda The PoetBay support member heart!
I often wonder how many battles that soldiers are sent into when the generals know that they will lose. If the battle is time then we always lose, but if it is happiness then we can win. Nice work.
2016-07-14


Kathy Lockhart
When losing is the only option is a very compelling and profound poem. It is very deeply moving and heart wrenching. You have done a excellent work here. In creating this poetry, you have certainly not lost the battle. I suppose this is one to be discussed for sure. Very mind stimulating, thought provoking. How do you take a negative and make a positive. In losing, how can you win? How can you reach Perfection even in loss? I say there is a way. We must find it. Each person must find it within themselves.
2016-07-09


ken d williams The PoetBay support member heart!
While looking fore that that is lost
Something - unlooked fore - may
Be found
That that has been found - is the key
To happier times
That that you have lost - now apart
The past
Ken
2016-07-08



Sometimes it's the best option.
Ashe
2016-07-08