Waiting
WAITED
We waited such a long time for your call
We jumped each time the senseless phone would ring
Each car door slamming was another wall
Of time built up around us--time to crawl
Through hours till morning--frightened time to cling
We waited such a long time for your call
We held our breath and heard small sounds grow tall
We wondered what the next mail truck might bring
Each car door slamming was another wall
The sirens wailing were the worst of all
The come-and-go: a child's gone-crazy swing
We waited such a long time for your call
How heavy silence is in its slow fall
How long life is when measured by its sting
Each car door slamming was another wall
Those sirens with that manic high-pitched bawl
What can they mean in memory...anything?
We waited such a long time for your call
Each car door slamming was another wall
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