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3 hours ago | Rhys Sullivan
FROM THE COASTAL TOWN OF MACKSVILLE
A CHAMPION WAS BORN
HE LOVED THE GAME OF CRICKET
THE SOUND OF BAT ON BALL
IT WOULDN'T TAKE HIM LONG
TO SET OUT ON HIS PATH
PLAYING A-GRADE AT JUST TWELVE
SMACKING BOUNDARIES FOR A LAUGH
IT SOON BECAME SO CLEAR
SUCH A RAW AND SPECIAL TALENT
WITHOUT A HINT OF FEAR
SUCH POISE AND STEADY BALANCE
HE SET OFF FOR THE CITY LIGHTS
TO CHASE HIS BOYHOOD DREAM
WITH ALL HIS STRENGTH AND MIGHT
A TREASURED BAGGY GREEN
WITH HIS SLASHNG COVER DRIVE
HE QUICKLY MADE HIS MARK
HIS CONFIDENCE SKY HIGH
BELTING BOWLERS OFF THE PARK
PLAYING IN THE SHEFFIELD SHIELD
HIS TIMING WAS SO VITAL
WITH HIS WILLOW HE WOULD WIELD
A CENTURY IN A FINAL
WITH A STEADY FLOW OF RUNS
SOON PLAYING FOR HIS COUNTRY
A CLASSY PAIR OF TONNES
AND HIS NAME WAS ETCHED IN HISTORY
TO A MAN SO VERY RARE
THIS UNSUSPECTING TRAGEDY
SO VERY HARD TO BARE
IT ALMOST SEEMS IMAGINARY
THE STARRY GLINT IN HIS EYE
NO DOUBT WE WILL REMEMBER
AND THE PRECIOUS CHEEKY GRIN
FOREVER WE WILL TREASURE
RIP PHILLIP HUGHES
By Rick Edgerton © 2014