Jessica Ennis, Olympic Champion

by R. D. Ashby



She was early the face of team GB: Tonight, she was on the podium with gold: It’s the kind of outcome that might be told In a fairy tale, the reality Brought home to her nation, such ecstasy Might cause one to say, as in days of old, ‘It is of God!’ shining out in the world, Rapt in the aura of divinity. One’s own vicarious experience Of triumphs of other nations that seem Personal – Usain Bolt of USA, For one – shows that in realms of excellence Humanity is one, and on that day We see each other, and it is no dream.

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