Dear You

Rivalries can really make you think.

Dearest rival,

I miss you.

I miss knowing you’re almost as smart as me, but not quite. Definitely not to the degree that you think you are. That you could only get things over on me when I let you, willingly.

I miss some game play. Especially you not knowing all the games we played.

I miss the fool in you, and the parlance I got to sway.

Like all great rivalries, they push us to become our best in ways.

Jobs vs Gates. Queen Mary vs Elizabeth I. Ali vs Frazier. Tesla vs Edison.

I could go on.

For now, I’ll cede.

Sincerely,
The Captain.