Please Wait

 

Wait

I have something for you

It’s today

 

I don’t know if you need it

But please take it, anyway

No cost

All you have to do

Is wake a little

In barely an existential way

 

I don’t mean to pry or push

I didn’t bring the dawn

I’m only asking

For a little time

 

Go outside

Sponge up everything you can

You don’t have to return

But I’ll wait

In case

You do

 

It’s fine, I have a book to read

And I can put my life on hold a little

Because the time is worth it for

Discovery of meaning

And if you’ll have it

Maybe you’ll tell me

Maybe not

This is yours

All this is yours

It’s all for you

 

Redemption in small moments

Sometimes it’s the best

We get to have

An affirmation of a gift

From me to you

 

On behalf of

One who calls down the day

Each time

Until the last

When small becomes gargantuan

Each thing matters more

For being minor

 

Yes, I’m not a caller

Not a surrogate

Simply who gets to say, now and then

Yes, it’s all for you

 

C L Couch

 

 

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