Untitled - by Savvy

{DISCLAIMER: She has no idea I'm putting this out there for all to read. I found it on their desk, just lying there, waiting for me to read. It was probably for a Language Arts assignment, but gives us a good look into what it's like being a cheerleader.}

We wear a mask on court & track

to hide our aching arms & back.

The things we do just for the team

may hurt us but our smiles gleam.

The mask puts on a show.

The crowd won't care, no, they won't mind

so we yell louder we don't whine.

Fighting back fatigue we dance as

the mask puts on a show.

Practice practice again & again

encouraging our team to win.

Even though we want to cry

our joyful masks are plastered dry.

Maybe someone will realize

we put on the show.