To Him

 

It ticks.

Endlessly

It ticks.

 

I listen.

Anxiously

I wait.

 

And think.

Nervously

My thoughts

 

Darting

Through old

Memories

 

Of him.

Endlessly

It ticks

 

I wait.

I rehearse

The words

 

I'll say----

No.  I'll wait

And listen

 

Calmly,

To my heart

Beating

 

Thump thump.

Endlessly

It ticks.

 

Tick tock.

The clock is rudely

Mocking.

 

I'll dream

To be awakened

Softly

 

By him

At the door.

His knock

 

Will stop

Every sound

I hear.

           

Then time,

Sweet and endless

The time

 

Will come.

And when the time

Passes,

 

He'll go

And endlessly

Leave me.

 

 

B. Benjamin       

BBP92