POEM - Playing their Own Game

You’d think

Being from this family

They’d have a little more

Of that killer instinct

We’re not shy

We don’t shrink back

From any and all competition

And we tried

Really tried

To encourage them

Show them what it means

To play team sports

So we signed them up

Vern went to soccer

And spent every game

Picking flowers

Running in the opposite direction

Chasing butterflies

Completely happy

Max we tried on basketball

He loved it

Loved cheering for every score

No matter who made it

He’d always run up

Tell them good job

Pat them on the back

Often to the other team

And all we could do

Was smile

At our nice kids

We were worried they wouldn’t get it

They showed us

In their own way

They already knew it

Even better than us