Ben Poem

Another awesome poem. He didn't write it in lines or stanzas so I'm editing but the words are all his. There is some discordant imagery: "still as some steel" vs. "never stop moving" (we'll have to address that kind of stuff another year) but I love the last line.

Have you every wondered how the soccer players feel?
Standing on the grass as still as some steel?
Do they feel nervous, scared, or excited?
After, at last, the crowd has been sighted?
Well I'll try to tell you, a little tale,
Just in case to you, they look kind of pale.

They feel nervous, right before the game.
They never stop moving, it seems they're not tame.
But when the game starts, they are excited.
There's so much excitement, it seems a fire has been lighted.

By the end of the game, they are very tired.
Looking forward to the rest that they have desired.
After they leave, the grass is waving.
The stadium lets loose the silence it's been saving.

The past few months have been a whirlwind! BYU Bowl game, trip to UT for Jeremy's birthday, VIP Tour of Gilbert Temple with Pres. (Elder) Walker, Hawaii (pictures in another post), and the Sedona Marathon (really a 5k this year, but I ran it twice).  Not a great Sedona picture with people in the background and all, but we take what we can get.