I airballed on your love
Clear shot
Yet I still missed the basket
Alone in the spotlight
No hesitation
I never smelled defeat
Silence
The audience waiting to applaud
Gazing at the score board
If I would just make this shot
Let the ball soar
I’ve done this before
More silence
Maybe If I had
Held on a little longer
Placed my hands here
Instead of there
Taken it slower
Just a little bit slower
Or maybe
Suppose I dribbled
With more power
Listened to the rhythm
Of the Ball
Let it’s rhythm match my own
Before I started moving
I could have
We could have
But instead I stepped back
Blinked for a second
Out of my grasp it slipped
No rim
No backboard
No net
Defeat
If I had just waited
Breathed
Thought
Maybe I could have kept
The lead
Maybe I could
Have kept
The respect of my team
Maybe
I could
Have kept
Your love
I lost the game
The championship is over
And I leave
Without a ring