our game

today i worry that

the ball i hurl at you

once you stop being there

will touch the ground uncaught

and i will have to wait

or rather watch if it is ever

hurled back at me in this game.

it is my folly

for when you were there

i was slow and even worse,

i cared less to throw!

had i picked it up faster

we would have had more play days

my friend.

how i wish

with all my heart 

if you'd watch me play

and join this game now

and want as badly as i do

that a ball hurled 

should always 

find its way back to you,

we might be playing

for long; never letting

the damn ball fall 

onto the ground, and

finish our lovely game ..