Poetry Prompt: Benchwarmers

Using a similar form to "Stranger" by Thomas Merton, think about what it is like to be in a spot that no one notices during a sporting event. Write a description of what the players and coaches on the bench are doing during the game, or what the lady sitting in the corner of the gym alone is thinking, or perhaps even a cheerleader or mascot who isn't paid attention to. 

"Stranger" 

by Thomas Merton

           When no one listens
            To the quiet trees
            When no one notices
            The sun in the pool.

            Where no one feels
            The first drop of rain
            Or sees the last star

            Or hails the first morning
            Of a giant world
            Where peace begins
            And rages end:

            One bird sits still
            Watching the work of God:
            One turning leaf,
            Two falling blossoms,
            Ten circles upon the pond.