I sit and wait For anybody I let my thoughts wander To you I see no hope For us I feel too great a distance Between us I dream of a future With him But in reality I wait For anybody
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – anybody
Hurry and come to me
I am patiently waiting
Quickly find your way
I am looking for you
Faster than a heartbeat
You will be mine
Make your trip pronto
I must be in your arms
Your presence is needed STAT
I can no longer wait
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – pronto
She sat on the edge of the tub. Her leg was nervously bouncing. For the seventh time she glanced at her watch. It was almost time. She was so nervous, completely confused as to whether she wanted a yes or a no.
The time was here she stood up, took the three steps to the bathroom counter and picked up the test strip. She sighed and looked at the results. Her mind instantly went to Dan. How would he feel about this? He has never said he absolutely did not want kids, but he had also never said he did.
She heard the front door open and he stomped the snow off of his boots before he took his coat off. She stood waiting in the living room for him to join her. “Hey babe, how are you doing,” he asked as he entered the room from the porch.
She stood very still and so unsure what to say. He came to her and went to touch her warm checks with his cold hands, she pulled back and squeaked out a, “Don’t.”
“What’s wrong, don’t want to feel the chill of winter my dear?”
“Dan, I have something to tell you. Can you be serious for a minute.”
“Babe I am always serious about you.”
“I found something out today.” She took his hands in hers and squeezed tightly. “We are going to have a baby, I’m pregnant.”
Dan’s chin dropped only to be rapidly replaced by a smile. “A baby, that is great!” He wrapped his arms around his wife and whispered, “I love you so much I never thought I could love you more, but now I do.”
The two wrapped up together and began to kiss. She thought to herself, “I am so glad he’s happy, wait until I tell him how many twins run in my family.”
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – pregnant
Time will tic eternally slow
When you expect someone to visit
The wait for dinner can be forever
When you haven’t eaten all day
In school the last class of the day
Is always longer than the rest
We struggle to stay calm
When we wait to surprise someone
And that last day before vacation
Never seems to end
We must learn patience
But only time will tell
Because a watched pot never boils
Written for Fandango’s February Expressions (FFE) #8
He will be recognized
As the one to be my partner
He will light up my life
With a passion and peacefulness
He is out there
Waiting
Waiting to find me
We will be unbreakable
Joined as one
We will grow old together
Knowing we are meant to be
We will be happy
Longing
Longing for each other
I dream of him
The one who will win my heart
I know it will happen
When I least expect it
I sit here
Waiting
Waiting to be found
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – partner
He was doing it again and it drove her crazy. Anytime he grew impatient he would bounce his leg. As they sat in the waiting room to see her doctor his idiosyncrasy was showing. “Would you please stop that,” she asked him.
“Stop what,” he replied.
She shook her head and said, “You were bouncing again. You always do this when we are here. It is embarrassing.”
“What if this was a medical condition I had?”
“Then I would say you need help.”
“That sounds like you, always running to the doctor.”
She sighed and went back to her magazine.
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – idiosyncrasy
(Just waiting for my check up and trying not to worry so I thought I would write out some of my frustrations and worry.)
An hour to go until I am
Smushed smashed and squished
The pain doesn’t bother me
It has become routine
It’s the waiting
And not knowing
That give me the grey hairs
But at least I have hair
It left for awhile
Fourteen years ago now
So this should be no problem
The worry should be past
But there is always a chance
And for that I always worry…
It lies beneath the surface.
It is quiet and in the shadows
Like a dormant volcano
Just waiting to erupt.
The proper term is remission
And I fear it’s end.
Testing comes yearly
But fears are there daily;
Not strong like they used to be,
But still ever present.
Maybe someday it will return
And I’ll be ready for the fight;
I’ve already been there and done that.
Until that day I just wait,
For now the volcano is asleep,
Who knows when or if it will awaken.
This is familiar territory
I have been here before
That doesn’t make it any easier
It doesn’t quell my fears
It just means I know what to expect
When you stay down the wrong path
There is no way to guide you back
You have to find your way on your own
While I sit and wait here once again
For something to happen…
I am waiting…
waiting for you to take my hand
waiting to taste your lips
waiting for it to be our turn
but waiting may be all
I will ever be able to do
since you have stopped
looking my direction
I believe I am waiting in vain…
Leigha Robbins 