We wear a numbered jersey
Not to represent our value
But our efforts to be a part of something greater;
A team
So as we scatter past the field
To attain our position
We know our goals
And what we stand for
As we get ready to move
Then why do we lose sight
As we step off the field
Into the greater field of life?
Amid the traffic, we find ourselves
in this broader field
Where we can channel our goals
from the game of lacrosse
Union and leisure
Into our lives
To work as a team;
Instead of against one another
To pick each other up as we fall;
Instead of leaving the course of action to the ball
To realize that it is vile
To let
Any chaos
Make us think that our existence is futile
Because the goal
That wins us gold
Is knowing that we belong
© 2022 “The Gold” by Anxhelika Deda
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