Football Why am I here

                                                    Why am I here

Off to camp early, Thursday.
The bus is hot. What a long day.

  (Why am I here?)

  "This is your room. Not the Hilton's best.
For you and your roommate, it's just a place to rest."

  (Why am I here?)

  Temperature one-o-five, maybe one-o-seven
Coach said we could practice to ten, or eleven.

  (Why am I here?)

  All we need is a "C", we hear the coach say.
Back to school and homework, what is this? I am getting an "A".

  (Why am I here?)

  What was that coach? Do not block that way?
You must be strong not only today.

  (Why am I here?)

  Finally, it is game day and time to play
Will this team fear us or make us pay.

  (Why am I here?)

  My body is spent and the air thin,
did the coach know this when he put me back in?

  (Why am I here?)

  "What is this?" the coach said with a grin?
"Not the same team as last year. You really did win."


  (Why am I here?)


  "A champion and leader in life." our parents said with a tear.
Now I know WHY, and thank GOD, I AM HERE

                                                Bruce R. Holt