Elucidating Questions

Not having won the battle does not mean loss of the war.

Having lost today to the disease does not create a loser in the outcome,

Merely outsmarted by a monster

Whose teeth show signs of all the blood it has tainted with its bite

Poisonous dripping saliva

Claws which grip tighter tighter tighter

I gave what I could

But I could not defeat the monster today

It doesn’t mean I’ve lost