Strife
When strife is a thing of two
each knows the other in struggle
and the conflict is a communion
a twoness.
But when strife is a thing of one
a single ego striving for it's own ends
then strife is evil because it is not strife
Race And Battle
The race is not to the swift
but to those who can sit still
and let the waves go over them.
The battle is not to the strong
but to the frail who know best
how to efface themselves
to save the streaked pansy of the heart
from being trampled in the mud.
