score

with the intensity of a big game 

where the score is finally tied 

what determines how we both win 

is going to be how hard we try 

minutes tick away the time 

while we wait in a final huddle 

the buzzer sounds, time runs out 

as we stand here in the middle

Poetry by M.J.B. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License