RIP Phillip Hughes: A Tribute

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