Day in the Sun

A life spent cowering from pain will leave you so aching inside The gift you'd miss, from life's sweet kiss knowing you never even tried

Tatertot 

With the start of the first inning

as the wind whistled through the tree's

Our short stop had his shoulder broke

and the fates blew in on the breeze

 This team was a thorn in the side

of the Harding President's Club

It was on this night my son Tate

was scheduled to play as a sub

 

The kid pitching for North Union

hurled a cooking heater down field

You could hear that freight train coming

as it's hide was 'bout to be peeled

Their coach then rallied his talent

pressing their shoulders to the wheel

like natives dancing 'round a fire

driving devils who'd struck a deal

 A death defying mid-air, catch

the bounding, ball tossed on the run

The Devil was in town this night

riding in on the setting sun

They dove and slid then nearly flew

as if the angels rode their backs

While running bases half possessed

plowing the field with cleated tracks 

,

 The dice kept coming up seven

and oh prophetically so

When the sun had finally set

the score was seven to zero

 Come ye fathers follow your child

through the tough times every one

For the oft chance will someday come

when they will have finally won 

 

Tatertot last night 4/12/14

Author's Note

Americans love the underdogs. It is such an American thing to do. Because the thrill of a win from a team thought washed up gives us all hope that the dreams that were washed away in our own youth could be rekindled and burn again.Such is the nexus of the American soul!

Reviews

[Temperance]

This is a great poem that highlights a team and the events of a particular game. I've watched my nephews and grand nephew play and can feel the winning excitement in this poem. I really like the song! As always, great work, Tate. Thanks for sharing! Temp

[Tate Morgan]

Hi Temp thanks . Rarely you find the chance to watch the fates align it was one of those days. No reason for it just dumb luck.

[Temperance]

But a game of a lifetime for the players.

[Tate Morgan]

Yeah they were proud of themselves

[Robert Trakofler]

I think the thing I miss most about baseball as a kid was the neighborhood pick up games they were so much fun on a hot saturday morning. The strange mix of kids that would coalesce about a baseball diamond that would have nothing to do with each other in any other setting all of the sudden would unify:) nicely expressed Tate and nice job on the video

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you I much Appreciate it

[Chris Shaw]

Baseball will never be the same after reading this riveting account of this all action game Tate. I really enjoyed the metaphors you used. We too like the underdog over here, taking the lead and shining. Your final stanza, so wise. We should stick close to our kids through good and bad, through thick and thin. Hope you are doing OK in these troubled times.

Chris

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you Christine I can think of nothing that I would enjoy better than a game of baseball This was the last game of my child’s life

[Chris Shaw]

Heartbreaking Tate. I am so sorry for your devastating loss. So fitting that this poem was penned.

Chris

[FaeryQueen]

woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you My son played his last game for the presidents one night and life closed one chapter to open another.

[Dark Empress]

Oh I love this. My nephews play baseball and this reminds me of them so much.

[Tate Morgan]

Thanks this was a great game so great i had to immortalize it

[An owl on the moon]

Through experiences and intimate glimpses at life, you always find a way to lift us all. Thank you for sharing your life here for these past years.

[Tate Morgan]

Hi Craig may you be whisked back to your childhood and passing glances from friends

[MomzillaNC]

I'm sure too, as you must know from playing the game yourself, that exhilarating hope we felt as played the game comes rushing back when we watch the underdogs hard-driving their way to victory. Your words took me right back to my own days on that field and showed me again why I love a good baseball movie!

[Tate Morgan]

Hi momz thank you Yeah i know that feeling the weight of the world on your shoulders Oh if life were only so simple again

[MomzillaNC]

Well, at least for a few coming moments, it can be in the experience you'll be witness to in the new grand baby's life.

[Tate Morgan]

my thoughts too

[Dillon "Gerald" Steele]

This poem, as an athlete, i understand what it is like to win as an underdog and it is one of the best feelings, reading this poem made me feel like i was in that position again and it was very well written, also good use of language.

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you very much it is always nice to hear that i manged what id attempted. Wish you could have seen it

[LuLuIcey]

Wow! It is fantastic to write the competition to a poem! I never thought of this plan! Your mind must be make of something else! I never write a poem in a second...
Thanks for submitting.

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you I myself love this poem as I loved watching those angels and demons go at one another I spend a lot of time tweaking them to see to it I use the precise word needed I never use similar rhymes

[realmwriter]

That's awesome Tate. Glad they won. Am I to take it because of your son?

[Tate Morgan]

he had 3 of the 7 runs by luck really the fates had turned and everything fell into place He had 3 hits that game and made second with one first with the other two stole a few but the game i so love was won by the unified effort of his team who together dug in and gritted their teeth to come out on top. They had some great fielding the bounding ball caught and thrown on the run they were great that night just great. If all games never lived up to this one I could still die a happy man for having seen it we hadnt beat this team in 7 yrs

[realmwriter]

That's awesome Tate. Really make me smile for you. I can actually feel the love coming from this.

[Diane Lockard]

Love the emotion and images in your poem and thank you for sharing it.... Our children light up our lives.