This is the last fic I'll be sending in a long while...

I lost
I can't believe I lost,
What's worse I lost to him,
Oyaji.

I've spent many days brooding over that loss,
my shame filling me up to the brim.
It was then that I discovered my father's wisdom.
I didn't know he had it in him.

"Son, the path of a true warrior is fraught with perils, pains and pit
falls."
"Once you've met such things there are three things you must learn..."
"First, to acknowledge what you lack and what you don't."
"Second you must know that you can do better than this."
"And lastly, you must upon each fall, get up again."