{"id":829,"date":"2015-11-30T12:20:29","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T03:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/robosapiens.kr\/?p=829"},"modified":"2015-11-30T12:20:29","modified_gmt":"2015-11-30T03:20:29","slug":"dear-basketball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/defragment.kr\/?p=829","title":{"rendered":"Dear Basketball"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the moment
\nI started rolling my dad\u2019s tube socks
\nAnd shooting imaginary
\nGame-winning shots
\nIn the Great Western Forum
\nI knew one thing was real:<\/p>\n

I fell in love with you.<\/p>\n

A love so deep I gave you my all \u2014
\nFrom my mind & body
\nTo my spirit & soul.<\/p>\n

As a six-year-old boy
\nDeeply in love with you
\nI never saw the end of the tunnel.
\nI only saw myself
\nRunning out of one.<\/p>\n

And so I ran.
\nI ran up and down every court
\nAfter every loose ball for you.
\nYou asked for my hustle
\nI gave you my heart
\nBecause it came with so much more.<\/p>\n

I played through the sweat and hurt
\nNot because challenge called me
\nBut because YOU called me.
\nI did everything for YOU
\nBecause that\u2019s what you do
\nWhen someone makes you feel as
\nAlive as you\u2019ve made me feel.<\/p>\n

You gave a six-year-old boy his Laker dream
\nAnd I\u2019ll always love you for it.
\nBut I can\u2019t love you obsessively for much longer.
\nThis season is all I have left to give.
\nMy heart can take the pounding
\nMy mind can handle the grind
\nBut my body knows it\u2019s time to say goodbye.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s OK.
\nI\u2019m ready to let you go.
\nI want you to know now
\nSo we both can savor every moment we have left together.
\nThe good and the bad.
\nWe have given each other
\nAll that we have.<\/p>\n

And we both know, no matter what I do next
\nI\u2019ll always be that kid
\nWith the rolled up socks
\nGarbage can in the corner
\n:05 seconds on the clock
\nBall in my hands.
\n5 \u2026 4 \u2026 3 \u2026 2 \u2026 1<\/p>\n

Love you always,
\nKobe<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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