Handling Victory

We all think we want to win,

But we can’t handle victory.

Our weakened characters can’t withstand

The weight of jealousy.

“Thriver guilt” casts down our heads.

We avoid the eyes of the envious.

We look askance to miss the curious stares

Of the ones who failed to pass the test,

The ones who came in second best,

Those who didn’t even try the rest,

But quit in an earlier round.

But what is winning anyway?

To be able to stand in Reality’s moment,

To realize the full awareness of

Who we are, and what we want,

Then to live with gusto in that space

Of time, and to feel the gracious embrace

Of Living Abundance encapsulated

Within our own hallowed ground.

-jenn long