In The Stadium of Life

In the stadium of life

I sit

Watching the vendors

Go up and down

The aisles

Selling their wares

To the highest bidder

Or anyone that is willing

To pay the price

No haggling or bargaining

In here cause

What you see is what you

Get and 

That includes regrets?

Yet despite the rules and

The distractions

That may come

When it is all said and

Done

It doesn’t matter

Who is on 1st

2^nd or 3^rd

It doesn’t matter

How many

Fly balls

Pop ups

Attempted bunts

Every play is subject

To interpretation

As instant replay

Changes the situation

And the judgment calls

That umpires make

On the fly

Everyone including

The players

In the outfield

Feels that

Getting to

Home plate

Is worth the sacrifice

Libations dilute the

Situation

As the fans in the

Stands try to understand

As intoxication

Makes the truth

Flow like beer

From the tap

Perhaps making

The lies and the alibis

Harder to follow

As self-realization

Is harder to swallow

Than the pitcher’s

Curve ball

Fast ball

Sinker

Or slider

As the signals from

The catcher

And the dug out

Changes the game

Although it appears

To be the same

The players change

And so does the teams

But they all share the

Same dreams and nightmare

Because everyone knows that

The game of life isn’t

Fair

So when the call

Goes out play ball

Don’t pitch a fit

About the first pitch

In fact when you are

At bat

Try for an RBI

But if you ground out

Or forced into a double

Play

Listen to me when I say

Such is the game of life

 

 

 

 

 

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i find baseball such a poetic game, especially when i am at a game physically...and it is as you so eloquently express in your metaphor a microcosm of life.

as george will says...the real action in baseball is often the inaction---the in-between pitches...
and yes, that is us...preparing for our next move in life...making those decisions that will affect the rest of the game.

[Jerome F Knox III pseudonym Nefarious J. Dorsey]

thanks for taking the time out to review this piece....it is always a treat when someone your admire and reviews your work.