Ode to the Lafayette Track Team
Here’s to the long days
To the games played
To the late nights
The internal fights
Here’s to the freezing rains
To the heat daze
To the miles logged
To the sweat fogs
Here’s to the one mores
To the “I’m sore”s
To the goals set
And the ones met
Here’s to the battles lost
And the personal costs
To try to be great
On the last home straight
Here’s to the high fives
And the swan dives
To the tears cried
And the hills climbed
Here’s to the weight lifts
And the sand pits
To the wind sprints
And the friendships
Here’s to forgetting the clock
To the muscles in shock
To the crowd’s chants
And the side cramps
Here’s to forgetting “me”
When the goal’s about “we”
Here’s to chasing the dream
Here’s to my team.
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So many of my friends complain about these things, but in the end I know they love it!!
Love the piece!!
Hands in … “Ode” on three.
Hope you get to share this with your track kids someday!