Dripping, Drowning,
Damaging. The sweat streaming down my forehead into my eyes. The stinging
sensation rips me apart.
Blowing, falling,
yelling, the coaches never stop.
Failure, laughter. It
stays forever.
Pushing through the
pain
Crash, the
sounds of the pads smashing. People fall while the coaches scrutinize our every
move.
Laughter everywhere.
No one understands. Legs burning, heart aching.
Failing to do it.
No one helps but
myself.
Through everything.
I make the play.
Boom, we
plummet into the ground like a soldier who had just been shot.
I make the tackle
I hear the cheers
I see the smiles on
their faces. I pick myself up.
I feel my heart grow
and I feel everything getting better
Then I’m smashed into
a million little bits. I feel the wind blow past me.
We lose everything.
What I worked so hard
for diminished in a matter of one cross
One miss, one
mistake, one step and it’s all over.
They tell me I did
great, but I could’ve done better
I know in my heart
next time I will win.
-Joshua Wynne
The message of this poem is to try your best and everything isn't as easy as it looks. "one miss,one mistake, one step and it's all over". This might seem easy to people but if you actually do it then you'll know if it's actually hard or not.
ReplyDeleteThe central idea of the poem is football.And the message of the poem is that it's harder than it looks and it's not that easy just to tackle someone,throw the ball,catch the ball and make a touchdown. I say this because the poem says "One miss,one mistake,one step and it's all over".
ReplyDeleteJoshua, great piece! The use of alliteration really establishes the mood of the poem. When you say "Dripping, Drowning, Damaging" I can really imagine how hard it is, and it helps establish a mood that is very hardcore.
ReplyDeleteThis is a really good poem! In this poem, I think that the line "No one understands. Legs burning, heart aching" really helps set the mood of the poem. By reading that line you can tell that this is serious.
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