I lie on the ground
beaten broken and covered in dust
every bone in my body aches
How did it come to this?
I almost had the world in my fingers, only to let it slip away
A million eyes, a million hopes rested on my shoulders
Everyone thought I would bring them glory
an escape from the daily drubbing they get
At work, at home - ordinary lives
They believed I would make their lives extraordinary
even if for a second
Truly time waits for no one
and turns back for no one
Beside me uninhibited joy and sadness reign together
A thousand joyless faces and a thousand joyful ones
And I the cause and reason for both
Hateful, hated, angry, desperate and pissed off
A friendly hand touches my shoulder, trying to lift me up
"Get up child", an old voice says. "This is not the end"
"I wish it was" I mutter and shrug his hand off
And then get up and walk looking around me
This moment will never come back again
The feeling that could have been will happen again
I will never experience what could have been.
One second. Two seconds. Three Seconds.
Tic Tic one, Tic Tic two, Tic Tic three
and then the whole world fell silent
Like time stops and whacks me over the head.
Why O Why did I miss that penalty shot?