And So I Wait

So many things in life
Happen at other people's pace.
take for example waiting
Half a year to move into my own place.

I thought I'd learn to drive,
But didn't book my course
Early enough and so,
My licence will take longer to endorse.

The waiting stretches out.
Soon I see what I had changed, stopped
To accommodate these
And realise the passions I had dropped.

Anticipation have no doubt,
Makes things all the sweeter for
Looking forward to
Those things we slowly come to adore.

And so I wait because
You never really dwell
on those moments 
which span the wanting, and all being well.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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Agustin Avatar
October 21, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Meanwhile, I greet you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed.
Gupta Avatar
April 6, 2017 at 8:45 AM
This waiting so nicely versified can be related to easily ... Very true ...
Coreggia Avatar
April 6, 2017 at 8:31 AM
Neil, your beautiful and unexpectedly profound poem on the nature of waiting touched me and made me think :) Amitiés
Nelson Avatar
April 6, 2017 at 8:41 AM
Anne-Marie, thank you so much :) so happy you appreciate the sentiment behind it.
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