A Battle Never Won

I will chose my own battles,

and you may chose your own.

Just don't be disappointed

if they are not the same.

Some people change, for the good.

And some of us don't complain.

We try to make it right,

And we do not explain.

If we think its not going to

Be right for a while,

Silently we move away

And walk alone a mile.

If we turn back and see you,

Making an effort to connect

We will welcome you once again

All wrongs, we will forget

But if you will let us go,

There are many turns on the way

We will wish you good luck,

And will keep walking away!

So let it be the way it is,

Some stories just don't last.

I am sure you will get many friends

The world is way too vast!

And I am happy in my own world,

The way I want it to be.

I don't want to be saturated like you,

I just want to be free!

As they say, to each

Its just their own

And it is going to be

A battle never won!

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