#competitive
Decoding Her Reply
I text her, “I Love You, Missy.
Do you love me too?”
She replies,
“In a particular language,
I want you dead is coded as wv bl dy rr
My love is eternal is coded as vg rh ol nb
You are very sweet is coded as hd ev zi bl
And
I hate you stupid is coded as hg bl sy rr”
She pauses, as if for an eternity, before continuing,
“In that language, my answer is,
‘gl bl ol rr’
You decode it, lover boy.”
Now what does she mean???
Jul 17, 2022
Jul 17, 2022 at 12:10 PM UTC
We boil down competition to its simplest terms:
Who is better? Who is the best?
Observing games, challenges, and obstacles
deciding who we feel encompasses
the best skill set for said endeavors
by picking teams or individuals above others
as a way of communicating our support for the prioritization
of their methodology or personality
because we know if they are revered enough
they can become role models or even celebrities
and inspire and influence the next generation
changing the way games, challenges, and obstacles
will be met in the future.
May 21, 2022
May 21, 2022 at 1:44 AM UTC
When I lose myself, in the quiet, I go
I dig till the tin scrapes rock and Orr
Find soil in the sand and make it so
In my sign, unfound
Reach down into the well for a drink of cold
Pluck stars from the sky once young and align
It is not enough to claim these seas, my own which roll
And boats that turn on waves a dime
No
What I do in each moment is this
To the pit of my stomach I reach
I grind
Dec 16, 2019
Dec 16, 2019 at 8:29 PM UTC
You should know that I often fall in love with girls I play board games with.
Really, it's nothing personal.
It's just that when I get competitive, sometimes I get romantic
Someone once told me that they can't love someone until they've witnessed their worst, and I think you should know that I'm not my worst self anymore.
Breaking down isn't realness.
So for all that self awareness..
I am more of a coward
than I am a king
And I will fill my time with more ordinary things
Because I can barely stand the way all these feelings within me sing
Aug 21, 2018
Aug 21, 2018 at 8:00 PM UTC
I've been down that tune
that competition sings
All the accolades to garner
material, useless things
I'll prefer to wander
the hills and all the streams
No one, no where to fight
a life, truth and freedom bring
The drawing of the poison
may take more than days and years
Heeding the dire warnings
abandoning all my doubts and fears
I can say I've done the deed
won, even through the pain
Feelings lost, nerves long burned
losses that
remain
May 3, 2018
May 3, 2018 at 10:14 PM UTC
sometimes I get
caught
in my ambition; a
venus fly-trap.
people are only
numbers on paper to cull
paintings on canvas to crush
medals, trophies, certificates to
crumble, burn,
charred broken ash;
flies to squash.
Mar 21, 2018
Mar 21, 2018 at 6:56 AM UTC
Perhaps I can say it was my passion
To think vividly and put that picture into a composition
To come up with silly adjectives and a strong emotion
But perhaps, I was wrong about that notion
This system that has corrupted me
Where compassion is much like the dead sea
Those students that hide their knowledge and secrets
All being sly and sitting beside their best bets
Reaching out a hand seems quite a challenge
With incapability to pick up a lecture seems like an overwhelming package
People were fascinated with lessons such as "competitive advantage"
When deep down inside, I was already damaged
Thank you, for creating a war inside my head
That expressing myself would be a dread
So judge me if I loathe this useless algorithm
Because in these words I now struggle to find the perfect rhythm
-j.t.
Dec 24, 2017
Dec 24, 2017 at 8:28 AM UTC
capable but unmotivated,
love being different, hate being misunderstood,
impulsive long term planner.
strange mix of super private and open book.
rational yet unrealistic.
great at giving advice, bad at following it.
arrogant, but painfully aware of my flaws
sure of myself, yet unassuming
introverted extrovert,
rigorous yet care-free,
perpetual loner with tons of friends.
energetic but lazy,
sensitive, yet cold hearted
gregarious yet studious,
intelligent but spacey,
personal, yet detached.
unhealthy, yet understanding therapist,
competitive mediator.
The optimist who just wants to see the world burn.
Where do I fit in?
Jul 27, 2016
Jul 27, 2016 at 7:24 AM UTC
*Where would we be
If our world weren't so competitive?*
Jun 21, 2014
Jun 21, 2014 at 10:50 AM UTC
I never thought that
I could be competitive
Until I came here.
Apr 4, 2014
Apr 4, 2014 at 11:31 AM UTC