I find life often so represented by sports
The interwoven reliance of European football
With still the individual spotlight of baseball
The perseverance and small victories
As essential to life as it is to basketball
The dreary monotony, through it fine-tuned determination
So crucial to the trade of a runner
Often though one quarterback may lead the play
The receiver will score the winning touchdown
And neither is forgotten
Yet this idyllic portrait
Is not to ignore the dissenting voices that scream
of the goalie who dives in vain as time expires
the cleanup batter strikeout with runners on
But when all is said and done
and considered
and analyzed
Sports provide a nice summation
Of such a wonderful
and terrible
and complex thing
As life itself