Watching the game

Watching the game

What a wonderful game.
It helps us forget
that the whole
worlds insane.

Beautiful contrasts,
the green and the lights.
Smoky anticipation
hangs in the night.

Honed to perfection,
these statues of men.
Fight for our honour
again and again.

Shoulder to shoulder
in fear of defeat,
our pride our dignity
won with both feet.

The battle soon over
a triumph we saw.
We battled to victory
and avoided a draw.