The Best Competition Poem by RIC BASTASA

be gentle like the morning sun
just shine

do not bother
about the other creatures of this vast universe

mind yourself
compete with yourself if it is necessary

compare yourself to yourself
rise from your old self and be the best that you can be

on that basis alone
let the rest take their own quest

for like you they have to fight their own battles too
for like you their quest for perfection is a fight against annihilation

for like you they carve their own future too
from the sands of time till the explosion of another star

this big bang! this ning nang nang!