I have a healing relationship with losing
It’s funny right?
The concept of having a good relationship with losing?
Who does that?
Most people hate losing,
They hate the feeling
They despise feeling like they hadn’t accomplished something
Me, I’m a contrary nigga
Losses an I are best friends
We play, we chill, we know each other’s secrets
Losing knows me inside and out
They know my next move,
they know how brave I am
They know how I failing
They know how I’ll prevail
See I don’t envision losses as some type of
Burden that weighs me down
I visualize them as a friend that reminds me
To get back up and try again
I see them as a person empowering me
Telling me what not to do
Helping me find my way
Granting me advice on how to navigate this whirling maze called life
Losing is my best friend
They talk to me daily,
We reminisce on the girls I let slip away,
They tell me all the times I failed to count them as well, that’s a lot of Ls sheesh
They remind me of the times I failed to make those basketball teams
How I cried when my last chance was in high school,
and how I watched those that weren’t as good as me make a team
that I could’ve easily excelled in
However, losing propelled me forward to keep trying,
Losing was the first person there when I submitted my first article
filled with typos and little bits of information
And losing was there to stare me dead in the face and say, nigga…
You failed
Losing was there at every job interview,
Losing showed me every rejection letter,
Losing was right next to me for every no,
Losing has never left my side,
And they never will
No matter how many times winning will call Me over
and I’ll leave losing for a while They’ll always be there
Winning is so temporary,
like friends that just Want you for some arbitrary use,
like Pokémon cards,
or that girl or boy you’re cool with or money or shoes
But losing, naw losing will always stick by your side through thick and thin,
It is losing that makes us, not our wins.
Losses build and shape that
Woman or man within
Without losing how could we become victorious?
Me I can’t shake losing and I don’t want to
Because losing is that friend that will always remind me of where I came from,
And help me move forward to where I need to be