Fast Ball
Sweat—a scent I’ve learned to love,
Forget the crowd that’s shove and yelling.
They’re shouting that we’ll never win,
But I spin for a layup, and the foul is in.
"AND ONE!" the voice booms through the intercom,
A highlight play, a total bomb.
The home crowd goes quiet, losing their gleam,
"That’s a win," he says, "for the away team."
-vivw048
Apr 12
Apr 12, 2026 at 1:13 AM UTC
That’s a hard no
The answer is no
But I want it to be yes
Yes I’m good enough
But so many things point to no
I’m not a great friend
I’m not a great daughter
I’m not a great teammate
But I try it’s crazy how hard I try
-vivw048
Apr 11
Apr 11, 2026 at 11:19 AM UTC
I don’t say I’m a runner
I don’t run on school days or the cold weekends
That’s not what I meant by
Running
I’m running from the real world
Hoping Courtney to county
The experience price I pay
For being un happy with where I am
So yes I run
But not the way you would think
I.Run.
-vivw048
Apr 11
Apr 11, 2026 at 11:15 AM UTC
Under achieving
The ball bounces
The shots in
But do you feel like you have won?
No
It’s something almost every athlete has
Felt
Unfortunately why’s this?
You have just played your heart out
But you feel nothing
The hours just don’t add up
You know your better
Maybe your mad at your teammates for not passing that ball
But only you can let that get to you
But you just can’t
You feel empty
Apr 11
Apr 11, 2026 at 11:12 AM UTC
The countless hours
I spend on one called silly thing
But do they know how much
This really means to me
To us?
The times when you let it get the better of you
Or when you just get back up and kept on
running forward
The time
The energy
The people
It all adds up to that
Game
The time that you play
You earned it and no one can take that from you
-vivw048
Apr 11
Apr 11, 2026 at 11:10 AM UTC
To the girl I ride my bike with,
The warm afternoons we shared,
And the cold ones too,
Days I thought I'd have forever,
But now are memories I cherish.
The times we shared will get me through
Empty warm afternoons,
The space that's left – only a year,
But you're a year away from leaving forever.
Who'll fill the space you're gone?
No one's going to be there,
It's going to be empty for two more years.
No one tells you how much you'll miss
The space that's been filled, but now is empty.
Something only you feel.
-vivw048
Apr 11
Apr 11, 2026 at 11:01 AM UTC
Not in the way teens say, Their white and I’m not.
I’m Half Indian and half white in a manly white country.
‘What fake tan do you use sweetie?’
I smile and laugh as my gut twists.
My mum says ‘Thats just her skin’
Great-
It’s ok I’m fine-
‘That’s so nice your taking the grandkids out’
But that’s my mum…..
‘Oh my I’m so sorry’ the chemist lady says
It’s ok I say as I feel confused.
‘I don’t want to work with her she’s umm *****
I sit there and say ‘I’m not’
But my gut twists-
The teacher says ‘Don’t say that about someone that’s rude’
‘Yeah it is’, I say quietly
And they all think it’s just a joke or them asking a question
But it’s not.
They don’t think this is what I have been hearing all my life…. And it’s only going to dig us into a bigger hole
We are poeple
Maybe not the poeple you want
But we are poeple
and your just going to have to live with that.
-vivw048
Apr 11
Apr 11, 2026 at 10:54 AM UTC