The Court Is My Witness
The court was a refuge for my thoughts and aspirations
An explosion of apprehensive sensations
Breathing in the moment which I couldn’t fathom
My own doubts being my one and only phantom
Told by the media that I didn’t belong
Told that my skin and my height was all wrong
One-hundred twenty invited from Northern California
To achieve the same mission that was only a dream
Is it really just a joke or a chance to redeem?
Walking in the doors I see a congregation of talent
Feeling the source of the youth
There was only one truth
Only one vision in midst of our righteous division
The court sings a beautiful song
The bouncing of rhythm and the shoes screeching along
A home hoteling hints of hopeful hallucinations
Creating competitive hate-love relations
NBA doesn’t stand for National Basketball Association
The name itself cries No Babies Allowed without determination
Walking in I stand in shock
Seeing nervous written on the countenance of the flock
Strangled by the frozen clock
I can barely talk
Playing on the smells of the newly wiped floors
All we wish is to not look like beasts playing on all-fours
In Cupertino being tall was no trouble
Walking in was the pop of my physical bubble
Tasting the sweat that drips from my face
The cramping of the base
Oxygen something you learn to embrace
Putting fifteen on the scoreboard in the second showcase
Tells the room it doesn’t matter about the color of my face
Being asian ain’t no disgrace
Do what you love and show that you know your place
The court is where my thoughts are formed
My passion transformed
Into a fundamental dance performed
From the buzz of the start to the buzz of the finish
I truly am in my own heaven
So let me tell you of this place I call home
It’s not just a sport
But a place I can always resort
To persevere until the day I fall short
With the urgency like a jobless father trying to support
Copyright © Sunwoo Jeong | Year Posted 2012
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