Something is in the air all right, <br />It is in the Spring and it is late at night. <br /> <br />The students have been asleep for hours, <br />As worries of disaster have been making my stomach sours. <br /> <br />What or what can keep a person so <br />Don't you know there is nothing more you can do. <br /> <br />People say give it a rest, <br />Easy for them, but you are trying to do your best! <br /> <br />You see the problems of coaching aren't a simple <br />A, B, C. <br />There is not a bubble to circle that will get little Johnny out of trouble. <br /> <br />The solution is simple, the answers are complex, <br />All I need is a good night's rest. <br /> <br />Easy to say, <br />Simple to do, <br />If you were me, <br />What would you do? <br /> <br />All my life, I have spent looking for clues <br />Now, in the morning I be singing the blues. <br /> <br />All over students who I have taught <br />Learned their cases, and thought their thoughts. <br /> <br />You see it is the anticipation that gets to me <br />And the not the excitement, <br />To see the their faces light up, <br />And see the students learn, <br />Is all the payment I need, <br />And all of reward of my concern. <br /> <br />Train by day, <br />Worry by night, <br />This is the coach's motto <br />And also their delight. <br /> <br />Easy to say, <br />Simple to do, <br />If you were me, <br />What would you do? <br /> <br />One last prep, one last word, <br />Will it make a difference, <br />Will I even be heard? <br />These are the thoughts that rattle in my head, <br />As my students sleep in their bed. <br /> <br />After all isn't their anticipation <br />In us all?<br /><br />Nadalia Bagratuni<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/anticipation-7/
