Poetry And Baseball

Poetry and Baseball

 

It shouldn’t have been a death sentence

We were told you could live for years

Now I’m counting the missing moments

Through an avalanche of tears

 

I wrote poetry, leaving you all alone

Just a few short steps away you sat

Watching a TV baseball game

All those lost moments I regret

 

I could have helped you cheer

For your team of choice

Snuggled close together

Cheering with my squeaky voice

 

Instead I wrote away the hours

As your life just slipped away

Oh my darling I miss you so

Can’t wait for the judgment day

 

I watched Justin graduate

Wishing you were there

I'm sure you saw him

Throw his hat with flair

 

 

 

All dressed up for the prom

You would have been so proud

I can almost hear you

Whistling oh so loud

 

 

Now I’m watching baseball

At the new stadium built this year

Each double play and homerun

You’ll see through my eyes, dear

 

 

Grandson hit a grand slam

Just a day or two ago

He’s also pitching no hitters

But this I’m sure you know

 

I felt you there beside me

As Lyndsey made the double play

The smile upon her face

Must have really made your day

 

The day my scooter tipped

Toppling me to the ground

You asked God to intercede

 Your love came full circle round

 

I miss you every moment

Of each and every day

And all the moments lost to us

But in my heart you’ll always stay

 

Together we'll watch baseball

And write poetry in rhyme

You're in my heart and mind dear

You'll be there for all time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reviews

[alan peter kelly]

that is a most moving write....perfect in every way...you make my usual ideas about the convoluted nature of a rhyme immediately disappear to a point where all i see is beauty in each syllable that you scribe...

[Tony]

Yeah, now you got me bawling too.
Thanks!

[Helen Crutchett]

Oh my goodness Nancy, I can hardly type through my tears. What a beautiful poem and the pictures gorgeous. Yes, Nancy I agree with Wicahpi....he is so very near you and cheering YOU on and as you have always known, so very proud of you. Please don't have regrets, he wouldn't want you to.

Absolutely wonderful, I can't praise this enough....now reaching for more kleenex. (Thank you for sharing this for my contest.)

Love Helena

[Wicahpi]

Wow this about made me cry!
I'm in that kind of mood; but this is so
endearing and sentimental. I can relate
to these feelings. It's so true, he is definitely
there with you and those grandkids.
Awesome write, Nancy! ((HUGS))