The Sinking of a Rock

You see. Pops is deep blue collar mixed with old school honesty... he's no drama queen He recently told me he's had a chain of strange- opaque dreams about the nearing the end of his being. If a lifespan were a baseball game I think pops is in the ninth inning. I think my rock is preparing me for his sinking preparing me to swim off and go it alone bracing me for the coming storm-be my own rock Dear Lord, I'm praying so very hard for extra innings.