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Noah Rubin’s “Behind The Racquet” • With • Carol Zhao | Tennis 10sBalls

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Editor’s note: 10sBalls thanks Noah Rubin for giving us permission to repost these great stories. We wish him and this endeavor the best of luck. Great seeing Noah wearing K-Swiss and playing Solinco Strings.

 

“Woke up this morning to your familiar touch
As I stretch my elbow above my head, the pain is just as much
My body is sore and empty, my soul wary and incomplete
It’s day number 363.

Eighteen needle marks on my body
Doctors say this time is the last, I feel crazy
To side with hope, to take your pain and uncertainty
And now there’s a hole in my knee, we were almost ready

Sometimes I feel like giving up, but my brain won’t let me
Just hold on a little longer, keep it steady
Sometimes I feel like letting go, but my heart won’t let me
If you wanted these words, set me free I’m ready

Been to the sides of the universe to find a cure
Burning leaves, blue blankets, hanging off a tree and more
I run for the keys but you hide the locks in the floor
You’re the toughest villain I’ve met, of that I’m sure

I feel as though I’ve crawled this mile before
I’m showing up again on my knees at your door
I’m doing all I can, two thousand hours by the shore
Nothing is enough for you, is it anymore

Sometimes I feel like giving up, but my brain won’t let me
Just hold on a little longer, keep it steady
Sometimes I feel like letting go, but my heart won’t let me
If you wanted these words, set me free I’m ready

How you’ve underestimated me, it seems
You’ve actually brought me closer to my dreams
The time and space to become a better version, you’ll see
A dozen wrong guesses, I can take a thirteenth

I’ve banged on walls, I’ve screamed in the streets
I’ve held back tears and worried myself to sleep
But even on a crutch and a sling, I can swing
Because in your longest goodbye, I still believe in me.”
-Carol Zhao

 

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