My Baseball Glove

my Macgregor glove
my other true love

for so many years
taken away fears

you made me a some-body
no longer a no-body

through high school and the navy
when my life wasn't gravy

after the divorce
life took a new course

but then it got worse
another divorce

after the first one
realized you were gone

the catches we made
I will never trade

thanks for playing ball with me
I knew had to set you free
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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Dietrich Avatar
February 26, 2016 at 7:14 PM
Nice one. I see you got a lot of hits on this one. That's great!!
Heemstra Avatar
February 27, 2016 at 11:52 PM
Actually I had a dream my wife and I were at a church and they gave me my Macgregor glove it still had the green shoestring I put on it in my youth to hold it together! So that's why wrote this that glove was a big part of my life
Godwin Avatar
February 21, 2016 at 9:44 AM
I enjoyed your write ... CayCay
Heemstra Avatar
February 21, 2016 at 11:42 AM
Thank you CayCay! I'm glad enjoyed it!
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