ode to a golfer

ODE TO A GOLFER

ON THE WAY TO THE COURSE FULL OF HOPE FULL OF DREAMS
HOPING YOUR ROUND WONT COME APART AT THE SEAMS
THE FIRST TEE IS DIFFICULT NOWT FLASH JUST GET IT AWAY
THEN AWAY FROM THE AUDIENCE CONCENTRATE AND PLAY
YOU DIDNT WARM UP SO THE FIRST THREE YIELD NO PARS
A BOGEY TWO DOUBLES MAY AS WELL BE ON PLANET MARS
BUT JUST AS YOU GET TO THE HEIGHT OF DESPAIR
YOU PING ONE OUT THE MIDDLE AND IT FLIES THROUGH THE AIR
YOU WATCH ON IN AWE AS GETS CLOSE TO THE PIN
YOURE LEFT WITH A GIMME JUST GO UP AND KNOCK IT IN
A BIRDIE RECORDED YOUR FAITH NOW RESTORED
BEFORE THE TURN A COUPLE MORE PARS YOU HAVE SCORED
THE BACK NINE YOU FOCUS HEAD DOWN FOLLOW THROUGH
SWING THAT CLUB EASY DONT LET YOUR BALANCE GO ASKEW
IT LOOKS LIKE ITS WORKING YOURE SCORING QUITE WELL
BUT ON THE THIRTEENTH YOU GO THROUGH PERSONAL HELL
A SLICE THEN A TOPPER A WEAK ONE THEN A DUFF
NOT YET NEAR THE GREEN YOUVE HAD ENOUGH
BUT YOU SOLDIER ON VALIANTLY AND MARK DOWN YOUR SEVEN
ONLY AN HOUR AGO YOU BIRDIED AND WERE IN HEAVEN
YOURE TRYING TOO HARD YOU NEED TO RELAX
IT ALL IN YOUR MIND ARE THE COLD HARD FACTS
YOU REACH THE EIGHTEENTH YOU AINT PLAYED THAT BAD
IF YOU HAD ONLY DID THIS AND THAT A GOOD SCORE YOU COULD HAVE
BUT YOU LOST YOUR FOCUS ON A FEW OF THE HOLES
WHICH RUINED YOUR CHANCES OF ACHIEVING YOUR GOALS
YOUR FINAL DRIVE AWAY YOU FOLLOW IT FULL OF THOUGHTS
THE NINETEENTH HOLE AND PURSUING OTHER SPORTS
BUT YOUR SECONDS A BEAUTY ON THE GREEN NOT TOO SLACK
ONE OF THE REASONS WHY YOU WILL ALWAYS BE BACK