It’s a very difficult thing
Guarding 50 meters
Covered in
Full body pads

My teemmates
Were playing
“Field hockey rugby”
With the “goal”
Being
The
End line

A goalie
Meant to
Guard a
4 meter
Goal
Reduced
To sprinting
Across
50

A foolish decision,
You may think

Yet,
It was mine

Why?
You may ask
What could have possibly
Convinced one to make
Such a choice?

Well,
The fitness
For one

Imrpoved speed,
In my pads
For another

Avoidance
Of practicing
Boring goalie drills
At the other side of
The field,
As well

Practice,
Stalking the ball
For a fourth

But mostly,
The feeling
Of running your
Heart out
Laughing your stomach
Out
Cheering
Your throat out
And finally
Getting down and *****

Diving,
With all your might
Full body
Heart
And mind
Giving their all
With one goal
-to stop the ball