THE FIGHT

Grievances, words, and clenched fists
pain, discipline for a loss
and pride for a win
the rain on empty hopes
the gain does not reach farther than the fist
oppression does not cease until the losing side wins
and gives up
pound what stirs up anger
and therein lies your loss
the fight comes down to worth
for this is not what we deserve
Unimaginable madness and fear
with hearts pounding and bounding inside
The conflict does not end in distance's strike
it begins in hearts mind
and there, too, it ends
and in the end
our fight is not against matter
but what matters to the fighter
and in as much
we all lose.