Like always
my mom came to wake me up
It was only 6:10 am
And I still had to pack my volleyball things.

I got to the school,
I started to unpack my bag
I realized that my kneepads
were missing.

Where could they be?
I couldn’t find them!
By this point
I was about to go ballistic.

I warmed up before our game
Coach asked me,
“Where are your kneepads?”
“I don’t know...at home”

Coach told me,
“Sit the bench 1st game.”
I could tell she was mad.
I joined the other kneepad-less girl on the bench

We were losing by 8
My coach decided to put me in
She knows I’m a good player
My benchmate went, “Ugh!”

The other team was serving the ball,
She slapped it short,
And it came to me
so I went for it.

I did a complete bellyflop.
And slid underneath the ball.
I popped it up
and the setter set it up.

There were three people at the net, 
The setter called “5”! 
(that was me at that point)
I went up and nailed the ball

The blockers jumped too early
And the middle back player
Was too late
So we got a point.

It was the end of the game,
and we won.
I was the last person to make that final point
and we got it.

I got home and went to grab ice for my knees.
Even though they were a mess,
It felt so good.
I’? glad I gave it my all.