Basketball Is My Home

To me home is the basketball court is home Swishing deep threes in fun scrimmages Powering through defenders for the and-1 Home is full of bricks and air balls Home is a staircase of good games and bad games Missing the easy lay-ups and making the hard ones Learning what moves work Testing new moves with my friends And making new ones Home is dreaming to be in the NBA Home is pretending I can dunk Home is full of devastating losses and injuries Home is moves I never use Home is full of bad calls Home is full of turnovers and dimes Nasty blocks and clutch shots Hours of shooting around At different gyms Home is the sound of shoes squeaking Home is pretending there is 3 seconds left And I need a shot to win Home is myself reefing, score keeping and playing Playing school teams and club teams Dropping 20 and 5 Dressing up like NBA stars On Halloween A swish falling is like a dream come true The buzzer going off After a hard win