A CRY FOR FREEDOM © 2008

The nostalgia for the little taverns,

The pork sandwiches and the reds,

The stories of the matches

The fields of riddles.

In an unknown result

The tombola decided the winner,

And not always the most convinced

Received the winner's trophy.

The championship always repeated

And the trips through the alleys to the taverns

Accompanied the glow seen

On the faces of the eternal little ones.

The men who always dreamt

Of a positive result knew

That after the matches began

The falls were suffered, but lived.

They were falls that did not defeat,

But shaped the soul and the desire,

For even in defeat they felt

The joy of seeing the game unfold.

Amidst the laughter, the drink, and the bread,

Life flowed like a challenge,