"grandmothers"

me: grandmothers are the best of us

friend: I hate missing her
friend: but I love loving her

me: we are better having been loved by them 

- my friend and I

sometime in November 2020

who said cheaters never win

cheaters never win
but what does that matter if winning 
isn't the point of the game?

(there is no tally at the end)

cheaters never win
unless winning means hurting the most people

unless winning means causing the most damage

before you're playing an entirely new game

(they've toppled empires this way)

cheaters never win
but they can still reap the rewards
and for some, that is more than enough

you can't beat cheaters by playing by the rules

but if you become like them, what have you won?

cheaters never win

but everyone else can still lose

Icarus was a star that almost touched another star

flying too close to the sun

he was a dreamer, as am I

he dreamt too loudly, shown too bright

but he lived

he had a dream and molded wax until

it came true

before he died, he lived

as he dreamed, so do I