Playing in the Rain

Thunder and lightning roll overhead

Sheets of rain come down

Players hide in dugouts

As the crowd scrambles away

The tarp rolled out to protect the turf

Gleams under bright lights

The wind blows in pushing away the rain

Time to go – Play ball!

Water drips from the brim of a hat

Shake to get the water off

It’s rolling by your eyes - little drops

Distract you as the baseball flies by

The ball gets wet flying through the air

Dry it on your shirt

Fingers slip as you release the ball

It goes to where? You don’t know

The grass smells sweet as dirt clings to cleat

The ball slides from the pitcher’s grip

Bat dripping wet smacks the ball

It skims across wet grass picking up speed

The shortstop jumps as the ball speeds by

Dirt clings to his once white pants

The batter runs towards first base

As lightning lights the sky

Storm clouds leave and the crowd returns

Baseball still goes on

Players young and old are not turned off

From playing in the rain