The waiting

The waiting, the waiting, the forever anticipating
The hope, the waning, the life that is draining
The flicker, the ticker, the feeling that gets sicker
Until that moment...

That answer, whether yes or no, brings such life again
A rock on which to stand and an outstretched hand
And lives change, river courses shift
And the boat is somehow no longer adrift.

Amazing.

Answers to our waiting and anticipating.

(There is joy to be found in the waiting, instead of just crossing off the minutes and seconds mentally. Look for the joy in the waiting. Look at the beauty of the place that I am in! Stark or lush, I never want to just run forward. Let me live in the now, embrace the beauty of this fearful tearful awe-filled wonderful place.)