to encourage a teenaged poet

in true Elizabethan fashion
the Danish Prince traveling
the boards of the Globe
was hardly aged a number
greater than your years

the discovery of that special
bowler or pitcher capable
of hurling blistering velocity
exceeding the pace of reflex
from all but the sharpest batsmen
happens now

do not let embarrassment
become your gatekeeper
excluding you from brilliance
instead capture everything
seen, heard, felt, imagined
and more with your net

with the timbre and tone
of old uncle Bob
that Scottish Frost
in your kit, your can
let a brilliant star
shine in your sky