The Boxing Match

'Ding-Ding-Ding'

Round 1
Your knees became weak
Learning that your opponent was The Great Enah;
The one to never lose a match.
The one to tear you apart from the inside,
with a double right hook to a left
uppercut combo,
and finally a killer left jab to the
right cheek to only take you out
for 3 seconds at a time;

Round 6
My heart sunk
Learning of your match when you were half way done.
At this point
struggling
just to
keep your
breath.
Battlescars have taken captive your beautiful flesh
Wrinkles of veins stand like mountains
above valleys of blood on your deteriorating skin.
Yet I watch you continue on,
to land a glorifying punch to say
"Everything will be alright."

Round 12
The final countdown
Revealing the final combo
A fatal melee straight through the chest.
I fell to my knees as she tumbled to the ring's floor.
The impact of her body loosely colliding to the ground
echoed in my gut.
6 Rounds,
Not even 60 or 600,
could prepare me for this moment -
She lost.

'Ding-Ding-Ding'
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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Devonshire Avatar
March 17, 2011 at 7:41 AM
I like the way you relate the struggles through life to a boxing match, Gavin. Excellent poem! Congratulations on your win in the contest. Love, Carolyn
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March 17, 2011 at 7:30 AM
Congratulations Gavin on your win in the "Maverick Free Verse" contest sponsored by John Moses Freeman. Love, Carol
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March 16, 2011 at 8:42 PM
Congrats Gavin on your fantastic win in the Maverick Free Verse contest ..an exciting entry luv.. enjoy...
Mehta Avatar
March 16, 2011 at 6:23 PM
Congratulations on the ninth place win in the contest of john, Gavin
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March 16, 2011 at 6:17 PM
So great to see you in the winning circle Gavin. Congratulations on your worthy poem's ninth place success. Agape, Moses
White Avatar
March 13, 2011 at 9:05 AM
Good write Gavin. Losing can be a good thing. It prepares one for the next fight or maybe they have learned to not fight anymore. I enjoyed your poem.
Mehta Avatar
March 13, 2011 at 5:48 AM
Good write on the The Boxing match, Gavin
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March 12, 2011 at 8:57 PM
A VERY SAD POEM .. D. S... GREAT WRITE,, ENJOYED,, TAKE CARE,..P.D,
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