At Last
At last
Today has come with a good feeling
I smile and am happy, more than usual
This anticipation builds, hard to think of random things
It is like a birthday, 5 yeas old, knowing that the days brings presents
I await only one.
I shop, cook, distract, at least try to
But nothing shakes my racing pulse
Counting time which seems to slow to a snail’s slow march
Yet I am here, waiting, wishing, pushing the seconds
Soon I think, soon
I look at the window, watch the leaves, it seems thousands fall in the passage of this wait
I am sure not but it feels so
Then I walk to and fro, no space of relax to find, no calmness
My excitement waxes high, dog seems to sense this and is also waiting
Then I hear it, a car horn, dog runs, I walk
I open the gate, open my arms
We hold, kiss, touch, at last
The wait over, the final second gone, we laugh, smile, kiss more
Together again, close, as one, enjoying the further moment
At last, no more need to wait
Nov 2021
Copyright © Graham Bentley | Year Posted 2021
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