Can You Hear It?
Deep breath and listen. Can you hear it? I didn't the first time either, try again. Thats the sound of the future, silent with promise and uncertainty, yet loud with possibility and fortune. You have less than 24 hours now so i hope you hear it soon. This must be the epicenter of your every thought, action and move. All experiences negative and positive have molded you for this time. You have been shaped from a meaningless ball of clay, to a work of pristine possiblity. Can you hear it now? No not another meaningless conversation about "new years resolutions" but the flow of......adrenaline rushing into your veins, heart pounding, and the lactic acid reserve runneth over. Still dont hear it? Ok try this.....think of June 15th.....2008. The Olympic qualifying window just slammed shut....you hear it now? Do you hear the cries and disapointment of people who failed to make it? Do any of the voices sound familiar? Quiet please...im listening for mine.... Can you hear it now? The brain overrun with thoughts of what the next year holds? Can you hear IT? IT being your named called as one on the roster to represent your country? It's getting louder to me.....the sound of my competitors doing extra sets, the cries of an unqualified loser on his mothers couch four years ago, the sound of his father toiling away at work for 27 yrs with no formal education, a mother who believed in a failed promising track athlete with nothing but dreams of what could have been, the good luck wishes from the same bastards that will curse your name the minute you come up short, the announcer yelling as the US comes 1-2-3 down the stretch in 400m in the last olympics, the whispers of haters who cant wait to see you succeed.......then fail, all the times you were told no and your not good enough but never really told why, the woulda coulda speech from somebody telling you how to get some where they have never been.....you hear it? Good, because in 23 hours i wont hear it anymore either. It will be but a peep in the caucophony of the noise that will fulfill my mind when i think of walking in to the Olympic stadium with my country in August... shhh listen.....Ladies and Gentlemen introducing THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA......Can You Hear It?..... Hears to hoping everyone hears it. 2008 is upon us. Good Luck.
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Wow
3:56 PM, December 31, 2007
.. Posted by Johnny
June 15th is the last day of qualification for the US Trials this year? Jeez........I'm either going to have the greatest or worst birthday of my life this year....
love it!
8:04 PM, January 2, 2008
.. Posted by missbri
what a beautiful post.
wow!!!
3:30 AM, January 5, 2008
.. Posted by starr
everything you said ive been through it. do you have my shoes on. are you walking in my shoes. they only thing is ive never had family support. and i dont have beef with the east coast.lol im so used to being on the west coast cause thats where i became a sprinter instead of a hurdler.lol name an outdoor meet and ill pop up there in april ill get a ticket in march.
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