Ciro Messi... Poem by P A Noushad ...

Today, something beautiful happened
on a little football field…
A young champion named Ciro Messi
lifted the U8 title,
not only with goals,
not only with good performances,
but with something far more precious,
humility.
He faced the media
with the innocence of a child
and the wisdom of a beautiful heart:
"We listened to our coach."
Such simple words…
Yet sometimes,
the smallest words
carry the greatest truths.
Do not think you are above others.
Listen.
Learn.
Work hard.
Trust your coach.
Support your teammates.
Play together.
And never let success
make your heart bigger than your humanity.
Perhaps this is
the most beautiful lesson
a young footballer can learn...
And somewhere behind those words,
I could feel the spirit of Messi,
the message that greatness
does not need arrogance,
that talent does not need pride,
and that a champion
can remain wonderfully simple.
Ciro,
today you scored goals…
But, dear little champion,
you also scored something
far more important in my heart:
hope.
Hope that football
can still teach children
to love one another.
Hope that victory
can still walk hand in hand
with humility.
Hope that greatness
can still bow before teamwork.
Hope that a new generation
can grow up knowing
that no trophy is greater
than the heart that holds it.
In a world sometimes crowded
with superstition, blind beliefs,
division, ego, and noise,
your little voice
came to me like a gentle breeze:
"We listened to our coach."
And suddenly,
I felt bliss,
not merely because
Ciro Messi won a title,
but because I saw
a little window opening
towards a better world.
A world where children
choose cooperation over ego,
hard work over excuses,
love over hatred,
and humility over superiority.
Ciro,
perhaps you are still too young
to understand the meaning
of what you gave me today.
But one day,
when you look back,
you may realize:
Your first trophies
were not only made of gold.
Some were made of values.
Some were made of love.
Some were made of hope.
And today,
you gave one of them to me.
Thank you, dear Ciro Messi,
for reminding my heart
that simplicity still exists,
that humanity still breathes,
that love still lives,
and that football,
when played with the right heart,
can become more than a game,
it can become a language
the whole world understands.
Run, little champion.
Dream without limits.
Listen with humility.
Play with love.
Work with courage.
Celebrate with your teammates.
And wherever football
takes you tomorrow,
never lose the beautiful child
who played today.
For perhaps
the greatest victory of all
is not lifting a trophy above your head,
but growing into a human being
whose heart remains
worthy of the world's applause...
Thank you, Ciro Messi.
Today, you made me believe
a little more in tomorrow......