Volleyball Anxiety

I was so nervous.
My legs were shaking,
My heart was pounding,
And my palms were sweating.
I got on the court
And I just stood there.
I didn't know what was going to happen.

After I finished standing there
For some time,
I decided to pick up a ball.
I started to bounce the ball
Without thinking twice.
I said to Jessie,
“I can’t do this.”
Then Jessie said to me,
“Don’t be a weenie!
You can do this.”
She then convinced me
That I could do it,
So I slowly walked to the service line,
With high hopes in my head that
I would make the ball over the net.
I held the ball high in my hand,
And over my head,
With anxiety running through my body.
The ball was as cold as ice.
I just stared at it in wonders
If it would fly high over the net.

I threw the ball in the air
And watched it fly up and up
Straight into the lights
Until I lost sight of the ball.
When the ball came back
In sight,
I was ready to hit it.
I held my arm high
And strong in the air,
Keeping in mind that I
COULD
Do it.

I then hit the ball
With all my might.
I hit it so hard and fast
That I thought my arm
Was going to fall off.
When I lost contact with the ball,
I got to see what really happened
To the first ball that
I ever served.