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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=453832" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>God's miracle</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Say not<br>That this is just a game.<br>As I watch the little boys play <br>After a heavy school day<br>He goes straight to the field, <br>And there he is in his element<br>Raising up the dust<br>As he scores that goal.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Say not<br>That this is just a game.<br>As the boys make their football<br>Collecting plastic from the dumps<br>And cutting ropes that were washing lines.<br>As the boys create a pitch<br>Or just play on the road, <br>They take sticks or stones<br>And they build a goal.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Say not<br>That this is just a game.<br>As these boys return home at night<br>Return to be whipped after their delight<br>The ball will be smashed, <br>The plastic seperated from the rope<br>And the field will be taken.<br>To the farmers and goat herders it will be given<br>But the boys collect themselves, with undying determination<br>And they go back to playing football.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Say not <br>That this is just a game.<br>As the scout sees that young player<br>And he is sent to England<br>Maybe he will play with Man U or maybe Inter.<br>He sees a world far from home<br>From sunny rays to raindropp beats.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Say not<br>That this is just a game.<br>As that girl plays on the boy's team<br>She raises rumours, <br>As people see her and say she will not marry<br>She drops her bucket of water and goes to be goalie.<br>The boys boo and make fun of her<br>But they know she is a very good player.<br>And she is an example to other little girls<br>Who long for that ball and not for pearls.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Say not<br>That this is just a game.<br>As old men sleep in bars<br>Just so they can see that match<br>Of their favourite English team, <br>And when they reach home their angry wives will ask<br>'What will that team give you if they win? '<br>The men will go to bed silent<br>But their minds know the answer<br>'They will give me pride, and honour.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Say not<br>That this is just a game.<br>As the world cup starts<br>Linking whole nations.<br>And in that stadium<br>There is no such thing as rich, poor, colour or religion.<br>Because everybody will mix<br>As they go to cheer their country, <br>And their players from Eto'o to Messi.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Say not<br>That this is just a game.<br>When that player has the ball<br>At the box for a penalty<br>And it is the finale<br>When all hearts will stop.<br>And all breaths are held.<br>And when that goal is scored, <br>Each cheer is louder than the next<br>Every person with smiles so big<br>Both in the stands and on the field<br>There stand a connection of confusion, <br>But also true happiness.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Say not <br>That this is just a game.<br>When the team will hold that cup<br>And the whole country becomes a champion<br>Every man, every woman, and all the children.<br>It's name goes down in history<br>And it will be known as a cup holding nation.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Say not<br>That this is just a game.<br>No, this is football.<br>This is God's miracle, <br>To that little boy and girl<br>To that man who knows the answer<br>To not one but all, <br>And to you and me as well</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Say not<br>That this is just a game.<br>For this, this is football!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Mariam+de+Haan">Mariam de Haan</a><div class=q>
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That this is just a game.
As I watch the little boys play 
After a heavy school day
He goes straight to the field, 
And there he is in his element
Raising up the dust
As he scores that goal.

Say not
That this is just a game.
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