The Waiting Times

For the PPC - sorta-kinda

The waiting times
between this and that,
between today and tomorrow--
between now and the thing
you are waiting for.

Leaving on a mini vacation Wednesday
which seems forever from now
'though it is really not!
Having begun to pack or do
the laundry so I can.
Probably won't 'til the day we leave.


The waiting times
when he won't call 'til after lunch
but there are things
I want to tell him now.
But I need to wait.

Besides, he was gone this morning
before I woke up
and he was nice and let me sleep in
until fifteen minutes after he left
so I needed to call and wish him a happy day.


The waiting time for a new prompt-
that Monday morning prompt I've grown used to
but the new round doesn't start quite yet
although I'm ready. Don't need that break,
don't want to brake--full steam ahead!

The waiting time, that space where
I'm impatient even though I've learned
that special times are always better
for having been forced to wait, to anticipate.
But I've never been a fan of waiting. For anything!