Cause

Whatever cause it is for
Tears in Olympic medalists
also shed in audience
they were that intense
one could feel them gushing right out
even just via the TV screens
Four years are long period
preparing for 7 years would have been longer
But to live a single goal just to get to the podium
not long after you were born
away from families for some
is a lifetime

How many of them could not even get to the game