A professional coach
Game of Table Tennis
Joined the league
A bit late only at Forty Three

Put down by colleagues
Instigated by parents
That i was Rookie
Not to send players to train with me

Rumors i was hearing
My reputation taken to the cleaners
In order to be sure i enquired
The defaming could not be truer

My doubts were erased
When a parent called one day
Told me to my face
That my skills needed an upgrade

Took a call then
That i will make a champion
Decided to mentor a newcomer
Started a new chapter

From that day onwards
The clock stopped working
Day or night did not matter
Time on the table only factor

Nothing else in my thought
No other feelings in my heart
Closed the doors to everything
Standing in the podium sequential dreaming

Worked in the process
Never took a recess
Hours spent countless
Taking the game to those who denounced us

Started with school matches
Everyone looked up and watched us
He piled up his wins one after another
Made me a proud teacher

Next up was the district
Matches became tougher
We didn't loose our vigour
District match another victory in sight

Mistook him for my son
The bonding went beyond
No one would work for the other
Unless it involved a biological
Answer

The sessions were so intense
Both had to go and see a shrink
He even blacked out and fainted
Our goal never went out of sight

Got selected to the State team
Won the Team Gold at the National Championships
Became India No 1 for a period
Dreams come true if you stick to the process

Made everyone look back
Had achieved which no one else
Who had mocked my abilities had
Answered with results garnered a lifetime of respect

Wide eyed everyday dreamer
Dream realised made me  stronger
Decided to dream even more
Dream backed by action is what is called as Champion