Poetic Verses
Being Broke
It is very disturbing to hear in the news as this is spoken
About the number of sportsmen who are now financially broken
Seeing them bringing joy to many with that talent in the heyday
But at the end of their career s are near penniless today
It is true that some may have come from a very poor background
Now having that financial windfall may to some extend have them stunned
So there they with money, but blessed with limited business acumen
Would be in essence a financial fodder for those charlatans
Then out of the woodwork may then creep some relative
Seeing them now productive, expect of them only to give
And so now believing that the finance will continue to flow
Being of such a good hard may continue to be that willing donor
Also too they may overtime cultivate a change in lifestyle
Of course such will demand a lot of cash out of the pile
And over time this may become a strain to maintain
Not even stopping to think of how much such could drain
Another factor too is that they fall victim to those close to them
Whom they may trust to be managers of that financial system
But they over time used that expertise to no doubt ensure
To make sure that their monetary future is definitely secure
Did they ever take advice of take time to listen to anybody?
That even though they are performing that it takes only a serious injury
To bring to an end what can be a very bright future
So should take some time out and their doing censure
Now as the time come that they certainly have to accept the inevitable
Realizing now that in any sport that one is not perpetual
As father time brings on that sight of it being finite
Looking forward the thought of the future brings no delight
The recent casualty is a guy who was a champion
In his time spent great fortune as he bestrides his mansion
That and other habits acquired as he strolled along his professional way
Has brought him to the problems he has to face today
About the number of sportsmen who are now financially broken
Seeing them bringing joy to many with that talent in the heyday
But at the end of their career s are near penniless today
It is true that some may have come from a very poor background
Now having that financial windfall may to some extend have them stunned
So there they with money, but blessed with limited business acumen
Would be in essence a financial fodder for those charlatans
Then out of the woodwork may then creep some relative
Seeing them now productive, expect of them only to give
And so now believing that the finance will continue to flow
Being of such a good hard may continue to be that willing donor
Also too they may overtime cultivate a change in lifestyle
Of course such will demand a lot of cash out of the pile
And over time this may become a strain to maintain
Not even stopping to think of how much such could drain
Another factor too is that they fall victim to those close to them
Whom they may trust to be managers of that financial system
But they over time used that expertise to no doubt ensure
To make sure that their monetary future is definitely secure
Did they ever take advice of take time to listen to anybody?
That even though they are performing that it takes only a serious injury
To bring to an end what can be a very bright future
So should take some time out and their doing censure
Now as the time come that they certainly have to accept the inevitable
Realizing now that in any sport that one is not perpetual
As father time brings on that sight of it being finite
Looking forward the thought of the future brings no delight
The recent casualty is a guy who was a champion
In his time spent great fortune as he bestrides his mansion
That and other habits acquired as he strolled along his professional way
Has brought him to the problems he has to face today