Though the lotus shares a bond
With the muddy and murky pond,

Yet lotus is holy and precious,
As our birth never defines us.

What we make out of ourselves is vital,
Only that aspect is important and crucial.

I have not lived all my life
My ma and pa at the birth
misnamed me
I always say poor Curtis Melton
Died at only three days old
I am often amazed in wondering what his life would have been like

©  2017 Jim Davis

I,
Over
Analyse
Over
Strategize
Over
Fantasize

Should I keep writing
Should I give up
Am I wasting my time
It’s just never enough
People read to much into my work
Some is real
Some is fiction
Some is just a play on words
I don’t think I’m great
I don’t think I’m grand
But hey, I love it and I do the best I can
Almost 1000 poems in a little over a year
I don’t want to pat myself on the back
But I want to cheer
Thank you to all
Who have followed me and liked my work
It is much appreciated
So I guess I’ll continue to write

I admire her
for her amazing passion
of the sport
keeping her playing
despite
being the only junior on JV
all the others
quit
when they didn't make
varsity
her asthma
a constant issue

I admire her
for being the slowest
yet,
continuing to play
multiple
running sports
Always struggling
always coming dead last
never getting played
yet sticking to the game

These couple people
and more
keep playing
because,
they love the sport
they need exercise
some other reason

I was one of them
...
nonathletic
...
Five years of basket ball
scoring my first goal
in my fifth year
...
So what did I do?
I didn't work hard at getting better
I didn't outright give up sports,
either

...
...
...
I,
became a
goalie
;)