The Bunny vs the Boar (a memory)

Overflowing with pride

You basked in your achievements

I glanced it in your smirk

So I came up with this subtle plan

You and I fought first

You had obvious strength

My brother brawled you second

But didn’t want to go again

So I hid all my fear

Behind a devilish grin

Like a twitchy bunny, I leapt up

Seemingly brimming with confidence

I could see your growing ire

At my perfectly executed facade

To crush me was your desire

For compared to me, you were a “god”

Shoved into the wall

And pummeled like a punching bag

Tripped and made to fall

Still, I gave you no satisfaction

I just kept on rising up

Just like your raging fury

Why wouldn’t she just break?

I’m stubborn and not sorry

The instructor gave you chances

You kept on getting madder

Until finally your advances

Landed us in disaster

You charged me like a bull

I didn’t weigh a thing

So over folded mats I flew

Tossed out of the ring

Dizzy and disoriented

I shook myself right back

And leaping to my feet once more

I was ready for the next attack

The instructor laughed a little

To see my feeble form

Still rising to the challenge

Defiant and standing firm

But he said that was quite enough

Finally seeing what I already knew

That this guy needed kicked down a notch

Before his inflated ego grew

Guy wiped the floor with me

Albeit with illegal moves

Still I smirked to see

That I had nothing left to prove

I brought out his true colors

Never failing to ascend

The instructor talked with his father

Stubbornness winning in the end

Author's Note

This is based on a memory from my past, when I was about 11 or so. I did martial arts back then, and there was this one kid who was incredibly proud. I did some "sports sparring" with him, and though I got seriously trashed, I felt like I had truly won out in the end.