Victory is not a moment, it is a result
Victory in the memory of history
After the battles have been fought
Whether one has won or has lost
Is when a side perceives itself defeated
Even in falsehood, perhaps an accident
Just as there have been the opposite
Where an army thinks it is about to win
And is crushed by the momentum
Loss of hope by the reality of the day
Great generals would craft battles
So that that momentum and timing
Would collide and create false hope
Dashing it, causing panic and despair
Hannibal Barca and Julius Caesar
Most especially Alexander the great
I promise that when you feel defeated
Refuse to give up, it might be a ruse
Where an enemy of your being is plotting
Only to lose, a misstep of confidence
You might instead be about to find victory
Where only defeat lingered before
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