Robert Enke

On the horizon rose the unbearable dark cloud
Lurking within the beloved of the Hannover crowd

Powerless to escape a prison void of the key
With no one seeming to hear that silent plea

Condemning one to Judge, Jury, Executioner
Unable to ward off the murky sombre

At length it besieged Jena’s gallant son
Despondent icon ultimately caught up and outrun

Reeking frantic desolation and a feeling so low
Poor Robert succumbed to that terrible foe

Unable to hold sway over that skulking inner rage
Joined Lara eagerly awaiting her Daddy backstage

“Stunned” Michael Ballack struggled with the madness
Dazed Kaiser Beckenbauer uttered “unending sadness”

Distraught Head Coach Loew left “mourning deeply”
“A man with a capital M,” Nuno Gomes said forlornly

For the custodian of pitch forts of bricks and mortar
”Barcelona is in mourning,” whispered Senor Laporta

Neustadt am Rübenberge may have claimed the great man
But coveted is his memory with every football fan
Robert Enke - 24 August 1977–10 November 2009

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