WINNERS AND LOSERS

YOU KNOW WHO THEY ARE

WHO ARE YOU A WINNER

THE ONE WE SEE EVERY DAY

WHO AM I A LOSER

THE ONE YOU SEE EVERY DAY

WE ALL HAVE MANY THINGS IN COMMEN

ALTHOUGH

 WE NOT KNOW WHAT THEY MAY BE

ALL OF US SLEEP WITH OUR OWN NIGHTMARES

ALL OF US A NATURE OF HABIT

ALTHOUGH

SOME MAY NOT GIVE THE IMPRESSION OF BEING

TODAY I LOOK HARD INTO YOUR EYES

AS I FEEL TEARS RUN DOWN MY FACE

EXCEPTING THE REALITY

AS I HEAR THOSE VOICES FROM PAST

PEOPLE I AND OTHERS ONCE KNEW

I REALIZE

TODAY IS NOT JUST ANOTHER DAY

BUT A DAY THAT SHINES OUR SUN

TODAY WILL OPEN THE MANY DOORS

AS DOORS CLOSE IN THE PAST

AND YOU ASK YOURSELF

WHO ARE YOU

WHO AM I

BECOME ANSWERS BY WHICH WE CAST

AS TOMORROWS ALWAYS CHANGE

AS A DAY NOT LIKE OUR LAST

AND ASK ARE WE WINNERS OR LOSERS

WE ARE BOTH, AND VAST

Joseph A DeVoe

9/28/09