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Ice Time
Skate, dig, fight, push, drive
Chase you down, never let up
Battle the futility of keeping up
with youth and strength and gender and size
As if I have something to prove
Because I do
need to prove I am
As tough
As important
As fast
As impervious
As strong
As bad-ass
and every bit
As unshakeable as you are
And when I’ve made you believe it
Maybe, just maybe
Someday
I will too
Published 25th Dec 2018
Author's Note
Playing hockey with the big boys. Haven't been crushed yet.
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26th Dec 2018 00:24am
Belief in yourself is the way to go. Self confidence brings strength, not to mention power with the hockey stick. You made a goal with this one.
26th Dec 2018 1:42am
Thank you, crow! I score so infrequently...
I have a picture of a tiny dog chasing a rhino that sums up how I feel in these co-ed games. Confidence, or at least bravado, is definitely required. Yap-yap-yap!
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I have a picture of a tiny dog chasing a rhino that sums up how I feel in these co-ed games. Confidence, or at least bravado, is definitely required. Yap-yap-yap!
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Bravisima Titanium! You must be made of titanium to handle those checks. I am impressed by your tenacity and ferocious love of a game that I admittedly don't understand...for me "icing" is what covers one of my favorite sport's implements, cake. I'm an eating MVP. The last passage is evidence of yiur courage in the face of uncertainty.
27th Dec 2018 3:27am
Thanks, GW! Most of my life is physically safe enough to verge on boring, on the ice is where I get to feed my little risk addiction. Lots of gear to keep me from getting hurt - mostly - but the adrenaline of physically throwing myself into something is downright therapeutic. Same with running crazy trails through the woods, or hurling myself down a hill on a toboggan. I highly recommend it.
Besides, the exercise means I get to join you on the cake eating team, guilt-free! :)
Besides, the exercise means I get to join you on the cake eating team, guilt-free! :)
27th Dec 2018 4:09am
That is so awesome that yiu find peace through exercise. The tobogganing would be a blast. Good on you for staying fit.
