Soccer/My Heart will Always Choose

I can't focus, I'm tired

my game, my life

with 20 minutes left

I can't tune it all out.

 

My life keeps slipping in

getting in front of my eyes

the things I wish to forget

the images won't leave my mind.

 

soccer, in which I block all else out

soccer, my freedom, my space, my love

soccer, where I fight, where all else I am chained.

 

But today even soccer can't make me forget

forget those dreams, the people, their eyes.

because no matter what I try to put first

my heart always will choose.

and my heart has chosen

to leave it behind.

 

For I thought soccer was love

but that was before I knew

and now I've seen love

complete and true.

 

20 minutes left

I can't focus, why bother

so I walk off the field

and leave it all behind.

Reviews

[Valeigh Starr]

I'm anything but an athlete, but I played soccer for one year in high school, and I think that one year had as much impact on me as 5 years of marching band did. Soccer was the first thing that made me feel like I could be a strong person, both physically and emotionally. When soccer had worked its magic in me, I went back to my musical friends and have never really looked back. I know that's not what you meant to say exactly in this poem, but that's what it expresses for me. I had forgotten just how much of my identity today I owe to that one year of soccer. Thank you for beautiful writing!

[unexpectedsparkle]

I'm glad you liked it! I love soccer like this, but could never leave it. I just wrote it after I got back from a mission trip from Haiti, and I couldn't forget. My coach was swearing and screaming, it was extremely hot, and I couldn't focus. So I wrote this poem.

[Vidya Bacchus]

I can see how much this game means to you by your words.That is the great thing when people get what you're saying by your writing.

[Sami Khalil]

I love soccer and American football...A splendid poem...:)................

[Avangeline]

I really enjoyed this. It showed real emotions, to me. Very much liked it. Good job!

[A R Lowe]

That's a nice poem, putting the importance of sport into perspective. Anyone who's taken part in sport seriously - cycling and running in my own case - know how all-consuming it can get!

I left it all behind too (apart from a bit to keep myself fit) and started concentrating on my writing (a sort of love), so I can relate to this.

[unexpectedsparkle]

Thanks! Yeah, I totally get what you're saying. It's not my best as poems go, but it more or less expresses my emotions.(: I haven't left the sport, I still love soccer-it's still a major part of my life. But the people and dreams I mentioned in here is what I felt when I returned from a mission trip to Haiti, where I saw God so clearly and real, alive and working in the people and lives of those in Haiti. Upon returning, it was so hard to focus on the things that I used to hold close to me. Some things I felt that I should stay with, but other things, I was questioning and praying about for a while. For now, I still feel that I should keep playing soccer, but in the future, perhaps God has plans for me back in Haiti.(: We'll see. However, if I could have walked off the field during that game and gone back to Haiti, I would have in a heartbeat.(:

[A R Lowe]

Yes, that would certainly put things into perspective. Enjoy your soccer and then do what you have to do!