When you were born

I promised

to hit a home run

and

make you proud

have you

stand up and cheer

and applaud

as I did you

When you started

to grow

I showed you

how

to pitch

catch

field

slug that ball

a

mile

a country mile

And you were

incredibly

polite

but you knew

you knew

you would

decide

how to do

all this

yourself

That if it went

well

you would

salute

me

as you rounded

the bases

of

life

and I

would

(from the stands)

hoop and

holler

hoop and

holler

Today

at the end

of this

game

I still dream

Oh

do I dream

And am certain

as

certain

can be

that

heaven

is a ball park

that

you are at

bat

that you hit

it out

That

you

get the cheers

the thrown hats

high fives

hip bumps

the

poured gatorade

and

I

get a ton

an eternal ton

of

pats

on

the

back

And I shout

I shout so loud

everyone hears it

everywhere:

“Can you believe it?

Did you see that?!”

Recent Posts

ETERNAL BASEBALL

Jul 24, 2018

BASEBALL WEDDING VOWS

Jul 20, 2018

TOMMY CAN YOU FEED ME?