Poetry Contest

I am starting a poetry contest against anyone who wishes to challenge me. The poems can be in any style and topic. The poems must be original and can only be up to 1,000 characters. I will leave my opponent with this:

The one who
Cowards
Is the one who
Fails

The person who
Complains
Is the person who
Trails

The man who
Destroys
Is the man who
Dies

But the soul that
Embraces
Is the soul that
Thrives

Haikus (a form of poetry):

Real, free, and complex
Nature has all the answers
Blowing in the wind

Sun, moon, stars, and sky
They reign over lesser beings
We give in to them

Though the flowers grow
Eventually they will die
As we will do too

Nature is consoling
Birds chirping, dogs howling
Peacefulness enwraps

Thank you for accepting my challenge, and what a wonderful poem.
My next poem is a sonnet:

What we cannot achieve, we strive for:
A car, a home, luxurious items to display
We constantly wish for more,
To pretend we live the rich way.
But why must we live in illusion,
Of what we cannot achieve
To only deprive us of our fun
Lost in our own ridiculous belief.
But when we dream as big as we must
Sometimes we can overcome
And look at the important things past lust:
Our family, friends, and our love.
Because without them there is no ecstasy
Just trapped in our own fantasy.

I like to sit by the ocean
And listen to the waves
It's like mother nature's lotion
It's what my rough skin craves

Sitting in my room I thought,
"I never noticed the TV was in color."
I looked around the room a lot,
And everything had even more.
The walls were glowing
The floor was flowing
The bathroom shower currently in flight.
I said to myself, "What is going on?"
I looked down at my lighter and my bong.
"Oh yeah, that's right."

Thank you for competing with me. May the best poet win.