The Parent Coach



photo by Brian Sawyer

The Parent Coach

There goes a man

who loved a sport dearly

and tried to be great,

but others surpassed,

so he gave up the dream

and turned to his son.

“You will succeed,”

he said from on high.

“You will be great,

and all due to me.”

So he took on a team

and made his son star,

and told all his players

“I want only first place!”

He yelled at them all,

especially his boy,

and the son struggled hard

but it wasn’t his gift,

and in the end failed

and gave up the goal.

But the team knew the truth:

their feelings ignored,
their innocence crushed,

sport was now war,

and the casualties great.

The coach blamed his son

for his failure in life,

and the boy took the blame

because he was shamed

and never looked back

or loved it again,

for the memory stuck

of the coach who had trained him,

a man that he loved

who had sadly betrayed him.

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There goes another
who shoulders a burden
most parents won’t touch,

for he’ll teach without pay
and care at great cost.

A fan himself,
he knows his game well

and chooses some boys
to pass on his skill.

Expecting so much
of the players he’s chosen,

he drills them with skills,
cheers and corrects,

and they give it their all
to learn and to win

not only for self
or just for the team,
but they want to win

especially for him.