A ball and a field
From weeping and cheering
from street to stadium
from winter to summer
and from dawn til dusk,
this game connects and shares in all
a care to care for each and everyone of us.
Love it or hate it
win or lose
a passion for fighting
joining in and joining up
playing up and playing out
with an agreed set of rules,
a spending of energy
and release of tension
where the battle is safe
and the guns shoot compassion
where I share my street
and shoot to kill mistrust and fear
and die for the love of the game,
where the pain of loss can be quietly loved
and the joy of triumph tossed high above
whilst one holds respect for the other and vice versa
the other for the one..
the one spirit of football
the one love
a ball and a field
a sword and a shield
this one’s for you
this one’s for me
be proud and humble
steady and stumble
play on
play out
play with and without
play it
down and out.
Written by The Ball on Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
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