Playing the game.....

Three portraits . Serena Williams at her profane best. Roger Federer at his defiant best. And Sachin Tendulkar, at what else, his BEST ! All happening in the same two day span. US Open . Sri Lanka.


She flies off
in anger,
burning words,
waving rackets
and balls,...
then
asymptotically
apologetically
reaches normal
playing for herself
as the prize money blinds.

He struggles,
returns,
petulantly angry,
with a perceived loss,
unhappy with
a newbie
who seems to
push
the rules.
Yet he plays for himself
As an imminent
record blinds.

But another,
in a gem of an island
in the Indian Ocean,
swipes and pulls
his team
wordlessly
to victory,
playing for all;
While he himself is happy,
looking up at
Someone Up There,
who smiles down at him,
and says,
"Thats how a game is played, son,
jai ho!"