# Wait (Poetry)

Author: Aeneas Lopez
Tags: Poetry, Thoughts

#4 of Miscellaneous Works

It took me a while, but I'm finally about ready to post all the stuff I've worked on for the last few months. Sorry if poetry isn't your thing; I'll be posting some of my stories later as well.

Wait

What was I to do?  
Wouldn't it all have been in vain?  
So all I did was...Wait.

I was feeling blue.  
It all was always the same.  
Could I do anything but...Wait?

That's all I knew.  
I knew I couldn't handle the pain.  
Shouldn't I just...Wait?

Then I chose a different hue.

A set pattern accomplishes nothing.  
What is life without spontaneity?  
So what was the point?  
Did it matter?  
Did I matter?

"No." said I.  
A tear escaped my eye.

As a figure passed me by,  
I called out as I looked to the bright sky.  
A silence fell.  
A touch of darkness seeped into the light.

"Do I dare disturb the universe?"  
Eliot once wrote.

"No." said I.

Or had I already offended?

The figure stopped.  
My heart plummeted.  
Was there yet time to descend the stair?

I did not know.

I did not need to know.

I had been here before.  
On the other side of things.  
At least, I remembered it that way.

A flash of darkness came over me.  
A warmth followed.  
Had my time ended?  
For I felt at peace.

But the bustle of the streets continues.  
My scars still there.  
Was it all just a dream?  
Or had I stopped wanting to...Wait?

The shadow lifted.  
The daylight felt stronger.  
It might have been worth the...Wait.

With a new-found resilience,  
I stepped forth.  
With a new-found courage,  
I chase.  
With a new-found voice, I yelled, "Wait!"

Source: https://sofurry.com/s/4nAlMQAm
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