Extended Metaphor Poem (The Shot... Taken) 3-12-15

Choice:  Taking the shot

Inciting Incident:  Choosing to pass the ball, or take the game winning shot

Consequences:  Missing the shot and losing the game, winning the game for my team, recognition (good or bad).

The Shot... Taken

Five seconds on the clock that day:

Shoot, or pass

I wanted that shot, I wanted to be the hero

I didn’t want to lose the game for our team

I was open, I could decide our team’s fate, there and then

Then again, so could the player 10 feet away

Time ticking away, so little time

I had to decide

Then and there, I decided, I wasn’t going to let this opportunity slip away

That day, I didn’t pass

Not out of selfishness, but because I wanted to be held accountable

Which ever way it went, I wanted to take the risk

I rose, flicked my wrist, and extended

The ball soared through the air

Time slowed down

The decision was made

There were then zero seconds on the clock that day

The decision to shoot, or pass the opportunity our of my hands

I chose to shoot that day

And that, made all the difference