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History Revisited

Mikey Walton

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 “We were there”, they all would say,
Regaling stories from “their day”,
As if they thought we would not see,
Silverware at LFC,

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 Now I am not a pessimist,
Thus when the stories did desist,
I did recount quite happily,
Delicious, fictitious memory,

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 Now “I was there” with crowds en masse,
Rejoicing the incisive pass,
The finish with such poise unseen,
Our cheering to uplift the team,

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 Against the odds, against the wall,
Booming out our battle call,
Striving for the win we ache,
(Palpitations each mistake!)

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 And then as if by cosmic force,
With roaring voices going hoarse,
The Reds adhere to our demands,
Causing rapture in the stands,

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 Final whistle cements the glee!
Opponents treated gracefully,
Family, friends, they start to phone,
For We Will Never Walk Alone

7 Leave a comment on verse 7 0 The drinks they flow; the bars we pack,
A Big Red Army, on the attack,
(N.B – No confusion with the “Commy”
This units packed with “Scouser Tommy!)

8 Leave a comment on verse 8 0 …But as I wake from such a dream,
It begs the question – It would seem;
Will I ever see for real,
This atmosphere I long to feel?

9 Leave a comment on verse 9 0 I think… As if it’s plain to see,
It wasn’t fictitious memory!
Indeed I saw a night so full,
In a far off place called Istanbul

© Mikey Walton

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/history-revisited/