Everyone goes quiet
All you can hear are cameras
Flashing
Clicking
You shake all of the nervous out of you
but some still stays
You look at your
competitors
rivals
enemies
but just for this moment
You glance beside you
a girl
a fast girl
A minute faster
You think there's no way you can win
unless
a miracle comes
Then a voice
a loud voice
breaks the silence
"Step Up"
You do so.
"Take your Mark"
You bend over and look behind you
You listen close so you don't
fall
Get a false start
Then a buzzer sounds
and you're off the block like lightening
And you're ahead
Ahead of everyone
And then your spirits fall
Just like you would have
in a false start
That girl
That very fast girl
Is a lap ahead of you
You kick harder
It's as if
You can't feel the water anymore
Suddenly you hear cheers for you
Cheers from friends
Family
coaches
And your spirits rise once again
and you go faster
much faster this time
At the end you hit the wall with such force
your head spins
your hand aches
and you wait for the first place medal
but none comes
You look to your right
That girl
That minute faster girl gets it
You feel bad
But then you look at the times on the scoreboard
And you realize something amazing
Your best time has reduced by 10 seconds
Suddenly you feel overjoyed
For now the girl
That very fast girl
is only 50 seconds faster.