The Call That Never Comes - Feb 18 2024

The Call That Never Comes

Feb 18 2024

This waiting

drains me.

The uncertainty.

The loss of control.

The racing mind,

speculating

anticipating

aimlessly filling time.

How much of life

is spent this way?

At someone else's pleasure,

subject to fickle fate?

The check-out line,

where the little old lady

is writing a cheque

with meticulous care.

The red light

that takes forever to change.

The summer vacation

that month after month

feels months away.

Tossing in bed

taunted by sleep,

the racing mind

that won't let you rest.

The phone

you obsessively check

for the call that never comes.

The windfall you've been counting on,

that's about to drop

but still does not.

And waiting for life to start

as the years dwindle down

and your age creeps higher;

saving up

holding off

putting in time.

Until finally

you've decided

you've deferred long enough;

but it's gotten too late

and time is up.