THE SEASON OF UNCLE JOHNNY [M, 7-17-23]

CHRIST IN WINTER: Reflections on Faith & Life for the Years of Winter—THE SEASON OF UNCLE JOHNNY   [M, 7-17-23]

 

THE SEASON OF UNCLE JOHNNY

I am not a poet

I am an addict

Trusting my addiction

To turn the upset

Back to right

 

Running in high top shoes

Through long grass

My eye upon the ball

And the space between

The arc and the grounded

Slope of the little hill

 

Meting out my stride

To meet the roundness

In the nothingness

 

The gentle smacking

In the cracked leather

Of the old glove

Just above the awkward thunder

Of my own strides

 

Throwing it back again

In the sheer joy

Of knowing

That he cares enough

To hit the ball once more

 

John Robert McFarland