Andrew Crisci Poet Free verse

A Huge Win

Are you persuaded enough
that there's nobody
more special than your best friend?
Josh was that guy being liked
for his trustworthy character,
and although he had a disability,
he kept giving his best by far...
making everybody proud of him,
including his dad!

Josh, our goalie, took the position
of a center pass, he loved to score a goal, the others
including me stood within the half of the defending goal,
keeping our eyes on the rolling ball, being fair,
never breaking any rules not resorting to violence;
our coach watched us closely 
making sure we avoided any occurrence!  

Once Josh was in trouble,
I came to his rescue:
I intentionally bumped
into the adversary player,
so he couldn't score
and shout his victory;
seldom I broke any rules,
but doing it for Josh wasn't unfair. 
I helped him win and hearing him laugh
made me extremely happy;
yes, Josh's win was also mine
and our team couldn't agree more!

I didn't expect to get caught for cheating
and causing harm to the other goalie,
I was suspended for breaking the rules
and they kept me off the hockey game
for the next season; I wasn't truly sorry, 
because I did a good deed for a friend with a disability,
and despite the coach's anger, I chose to take the blame
and give Josh a huge win: he was very grateful for it!


Entered in Regina McIntosh contest,
" The High Road Poetry Contest "
written on 10/11/2021

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