I tried defining victory the last night;
Is it the won match; or desires coming alive;
Or simply a satiated appetite!
In zeal to site the answer
I swept through illustrious victories and ponder(ed),
Construed the awards, recognitions, souvenirs and smiles,
Also referred to dictionary and realized,
Definition of victory cannot be absolute;
It depends on coordinates, inputs and values.
For a cricketer, victory is the century he scored;
For his fan, it might me watching him from the shore;
For a child, it is convincing his parents to buy him the pinwheel;
For the toy-seller; it’s this sale that’ll fetch his family tonight’s meal.
Definition of victory cannot be absolute;
It depends on coordinates, inputs and values.
An athlete who lost Asiad last time,
it might be Olympics that he’s eying;
A corporate that lost 5 ranks in its revenue,
might feel victorious in scaling back first two.
Definition of victory cannot be absolute;
It depends on coordinates, inputs and values.
Today I might see victory in getting that appreciation;
Tomorrow it might be an increment or a promotion.
The scale to measure victory changes from day to day;
It’s sporadic, dynamic and makes its own way.
So globalizing the coordinates, inputs and values
I define victory as
Not winning a war or cracking the clues,
but the contentment, that brings a smile even in the blues.
