MAGICAL ELEVEN

They light up the field in amazing display

Ecstatic crowd beside self in elation

Ultimate mark of discipline arrayed in package

Wonder

And nostalgia grips all watching

Spectator

That subtle sense of self

Potential

Across terrace

Reflected on the kinetic score

Minus one

In the field

Action zone

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Meant to be

Or by design

There lies unresolved feud

Marking the crossover

From spectator

To the magical eleven

Called

Chosen

~

Continents unite

In echo

Shared dream

Longing

For accomplishment

As clock of time ticks away

Final whistle hidden

Somewhere

Beneath it all

Destinies shaped

Defined

Race

Eternal

Against time

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Tantalizing seasoned masterpieces

Refined

Mark of what could happen

When fear is mustered

Shades of entanglement floored in tame

And deferment under arrest decisive

When one is both seen and heard

Drawing vision affinity

To execute

A clear signal

En route

To the magical eleven

First eleven

Excellence

~

Of course

There is twelfth

Subdued

Unable to restrain

That which has restrained

From the magical eleven

Story for another day

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