RACE to PERFECTION
by Lin Floyd
Running uphill at
great speed,
he’d finish first
despite others’ efforts.
It didn’t matter how
he got to the goal,
just get there
before anyone else.
Then at the end of
the race called life,
he discovers...it's
a lonely place.
Trophies and ribbons
count for not
when you are the
only winner––alone.
Too late to
celebrate an empty victory
as strewn runners
passed by along
the way were ignored
by the leader.
Better to run as a team, then all will win.
