The Marathon 

Life is the longest marathon ever -
a life-long run;
not an hour or a year
everybody must pass through this race
everybody is a hero of this match.
But there are losers and there are winners;
those who live wisely win the marathon 
those who live as cowards 
are ripped from the competition 
some of them may falter and give up the run
but there are some who hop yet somehow cope
And surely, they accomplish the marathon.

3 March, 2002, NJ, USA

All poems are from-'From My Heart to Your Heart'  © Prathaa Magar (Pradeep Thapa)

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