Hope

I have been waiting for you

A lifetime of patience and impatience

I see you just up ahead of me

A bit further down the road than I can reach on foot

You pull further in the lead

As I am quickening my pace behind you

I have waited so long

And I am tired

And weary

And the loneliness feels as if it is gaining ground behind me

I am terrified

That I will lose my footing

Twist an ankle

And no longer even be able to see you somewhere in the distance

A hazy figure fading into mists of longing

This lifetime of mine

It is half done, half lived, half experienced

There isn't much longer

I fear

I just need a bit of help here

I just need a skateboard

Or roller-skates

A scooter or a fast moving train

To get to this place

I know you exist in

And have been spending your life

Your half of life

Waiting for me

To catch up to you

Monika M. Basile