I won.

I won

You lost

Get over it

You will always be angry

Resentful

Think you are better anyway

I see it in your eyes

I can feel it

I will distance myself from you

You think I cheated

Well, yes I did

Winning is the only option

You should have been smarter

Anticipated my actions

But you thought I was a moral man

Now you are smarter

Sharper

You will not make this mistake again

And believe in mans’ compassion

Mans’ higher purpose

All of that stuff

That you thought were the rules

That you thought all people ascribed to

The lie we all agree to as the truth

Someday we will become allies

For our mutual benefit

And pretend it is love for our brother

Someday we will be rivals again

For the love of another

As we put our lies against on another

To acquire the ladies hand

As she navigates

The chasm between her hopes and her pragmatism

For now we are mere children

Playing a child’s game

Seeing the world through temper and faith

Someday we will see ourselves as naïve

Petulant

Children being guided through the perils of life

I won

You lose

Tomorrow is another day.