The Waiting Game
I’m waiting
for the
other shoe
to drop.
The bell
to ring.
The message
to arrive.
The sentence
to be
passed.
The dream
to come
true.
I try
to look
busy while
I wait.
I don’t
stand around
staring,
no good
can come
of that.
People skirt
around me.
Bump
into me.
Laugh spit
& burst
into tears.
The grim
truth shakes
the tree
of life.
One false
move &
I’m
done for.
