-Only you-

1.

Time waits for everyone.
It waits for us to finish our tasks at hand.

It hangs around as we clean-up the mess.

From the beginning, time records our names at its margins.

Working outward, it cuts-through the narrow openings

whenever it notices someone of interest.

The dance is beautiful, but time seldom lingers when

we deem it appropriate to do so.

As in: "I wish we had more time".

2.

On calm, open waters, windspeed is sometimes

calculated from the visual difference in chop or color

seen on the sheet of the water in the distance.
I've known those who've made the effort to con the helm

in that direction, succeeding and not succeeding.

3.

There’s a perceived weakness applied to those of us

coached to choke-up at the plate.

They said: "Choke-up!

There's a better chance to make contact".

––It's true.
The bat seems lighter at the barrel
and it comes around with less effort.
The knees are assisted and the wrists,
and concentration on the pitch is enhanced

and when contact happens, it's only you

left running up the first base line, but it's time

who determines the outcome.