A Ball

Thump! Kickoff.
Another Match,
another competition between two tribes.
Lions roaring from the sidelines, cheering on their cubs.

What's at the centre of it all?
A ball.
Its amazing, the things a simple ball can spark
Friendships, rivalries, competition, settled arguments.

With the aroma of freshly mowed lawn,
and the marks of the studs, clawing away at the surface.
With the instructions of coach booming
-booming at you with every miss or mistake.

The atmosphere.
The silence that follows every shot at goal.
The jaws that hit the ground with every goal scored.
The buzz, the intensity, the hype.

A ball. At the centre of it all.
A hollow ball which holds many memories,
A ball which is close to my heart.
A ball which I've loved from the very start.