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the changing mental mode of a child over an eight year span realized in a moment revisited and projected for future success simultaneously...must be completely read twice for greater impact!

Innumerable times have I been here before; with some measured success;

Yet to fail, even more; Still, each time seems the first; as ten thousand nerves curse;

And my pounding heart strains, as it threatens to burst;

Then, my shifting eyes narrow; in search; the pin point to see;

And my trembling grip tightens my white knuckles whiter;

As the hell-wind roars by me; destroying my hopes for all present to see;

And confirmed as well, vocal from the judging authority;

With that right arm extended, and a bellowed "strike three"!

Author's Note

please read entirety twice for maximum effect.

Reviews

[MelissaAndres]

Very impact full. Baseball is a great metaphor for life. Sometimes you can hit a home run, other times you strike out. Sometimes people cheer us on, sometimes they boo. You never know how the game is going to turn out. Read your profile. Thank you so much for your service. My son was in the Air Force for six years and I took freedom for granted until hearing some of his stories. Awesome job on this.

[Wonderbeard]

Written as part of an autobiographical tid-bit; it is a celebration of unrealized mental fortitude; the amount of which not yet determined at the experienced point of personal history; even so; within myself greatness was expected; and did culminate at age eighteen when leading the league with .487 batting average and awarded MVP honors. It is both tribute to my spirit and the spirit of those who have experienced much the same growing in maturity of mind and body through each challenge life brings; stating the position as experienced....standing in the batter's box waiting for the placement determination of a pitched ball too fast to comprehend!