Okay, here's a new riddle for you, in quadrameter couplets:

 

^{Deepening ache only so close.
Hard fought battle, can mean the most} _when

^{the nine and nine and one and one
take the field and forget the fun} _that

^{urged them onward unto the brink.
Now lost, they scoff because some think} _that

^{it's in the way the game is played.
The fates turn swiftly, now dismayed} _as

^{pride left on the field in tatters
and in the end all that matters} _is...

 

What?

(Hint: Look for multiple meanings)

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