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The Struggling Tennis Player

May 31, 2019
By e-Marie-s BRONZE, Atascadero, California
e-Marie-s BRONZE, Atascadero, California
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Sing in me, Muse, and through me tell the story

Of the young lady with jumbled thoughts

Dashing and smashing ball in and ball out

And saw the never ending competition and knew

There mental struggles. On the court, she too had defined the definition of insanity.

Within her own mind, she knew she needed change

The inclination to do better was felt streaming through her veins like adrenaline.

day by day, despite the urge for justice against her own mind,

She had lost to the disarranged thoughts

That’s voices beat her down hard enough

For her body to go slump

And only the wise Coach Devin, who knew the path to achieving this enclosed battle.

Tell the tale for us, beginning with the first year,

a young girl with the astrayed eyes,

Was told a story of another just like her

The tender hearted boy who empowered her every move

So she could finally see



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