PoetiX

II: Your Enemies Closer

It's always the enemy
you don't see
that will end up
biting you harder.

One of civilization's
great obsessions
is capturing the villain,
and it's a very noble
profession, but it's
still a game whose
rules are underestimated.
Most people focus on
the chips that will win
them some personal acclaim,
while others go after
points that aren't
going to win them points,
but the easiest to find
and the most difficult
to identify are
the niggling details
that make it all possible.

You can probably call it
sabotage, the art of working
against the other players,
the lack of unity in a sport
where everyone's doing
the same thing, and to get
ahead, sometimes you think
you playing against
everyone else, and must act
accordingly, to skim off the top
of others to add an extra inch,
a meaningless mile in a sport
of lightyears, because,
most times, no one will notice.

Most of what makes up a life
is nothing you will ever learn
from someone else, but rather
how you cheat when they're
not looking. This is clear
enough, but people actually
choose not to pay attention.
The devil is always in those details.

The trick to it, not in
the winning, because secretly,
there are no winners,
is to pay attention.
You're going to lose points,
but at least you will know
what's really going on.
In this way, you keep
your enemies closer,
because they ultimately
mean more.