THE GAME

THE GAME

Minh Nguyen

8 th Grade • Daniel Boone Elementary

We enter the game, set to win You ought to become the best

We institutionalized the idea that for one to win, another must lose

In every way, shape, and form, the top-tiered shall live the greatest

We let power and protection blind us We let the strive for perfection drive us

Never minding that the throne is worthless if you’re up there alone

Your invincible bubble is worthless if outside of it, people continue to hurt

We always thought that becoming #1 would mean you lived to the fullest

And that may be true

But what’s #1 if every number less than didn’t get to live at all

Now, that does not mean that we are one another’s responsibilities

We are one another’s gifts We hold on We hold on to each other Because to truly win, you don’t rise alone

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