Game

Can you still play in a young man’s game,

when you know that they are finite,

when you know they no longer stretch

in a golden chain of chance

beyond your vision ?

Can you still play in a young man’s game

when desire is no longer the only

force moving you on,

when you know now that it was

always only the edge

of the steel ?

Can you still play in a young man’s game

when the sweat on your skin

tastes of late nights lost

in the darkness of

filling memory.

Can you still play in a young man’s game

when you no longer believe

in winning,

but you know what losing means.

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