As always, I am overjoyed to be included in another of Brian Moses' mini anthologies; this time the theme is sport and the Olympics. The selection is diverse and inspiring.
I wrote my poem in the hope of being #motivational to anyone who reads it. Sport is juts the metaphor.
For me, the most important race, is the one with yourself.
Be Olympic
Send your javelin soaring
A spear of dreams in flight
Fling your discus skywards
A whirling wish alight
Put your shot and holler
A hidden hope expelled
Hurl your hammer, star-bound
A circling urge propelled
Hurdle fears and demons
Mere barriers of mind
Sprint ahead of haters
No need to look behind
Marathon, keep going
The wall will tell you stop
Dig your heels in, chin up
Against all odds, don’t drop
Vault above the limits
Jump far beyond the pit
Run to catch your future
Embolden those who quit
Race to win and wonder
At times you will come last
Cut your losses quickly
and cast them in the past
Throwing, jumping, sprinting
Each moment, yours to take
First or last or middle
The record, yours to break
Mark Bird 2021
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