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"It happens on a random Monday
Coming back from an event
Or late on a Sunday night
Right before you’re going to get on the plane
And you’re about to be frisked for the third time
You’re driving
You’re flying
You’re sitting in an airport seat with boys from the team
You’re drinking stale coffee trying to stay awake
You’re explaining the fat welt on the side of your neck to a confused stranger or a best friend
You’re coming back to the other life
The one without paintball
Where no one understands why you do it
You’re tired
You’re working off little sleep
The question creeps up and you try to ignore it
Why do I do this?
Why the travel?
Why the losses?
And the missed worked
And the missed school
Hours of practice
And the complaining girlfriend
Because the lure of living a paintball life is just too potent
And the products of the road, the travel
Are memories forever
And trips
And strange lands
With stranger people
At tournaments it feels like
For once
You actually get to live as loud as you want
It’s worth the sacrifices
It’s worth all the bullshit
Cause if you work hard enough
A Sunday will roll around and you’ll be in the huddle
Screaming
With your hand in
One among ten
Playing for the world title
And suddenly all those clichés you've ever heard make sense
And you are defined
You say it to yourself and it means everything
'I am a paintball player, and this moment, right here, is my life'"




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