waiting comes with a certain
heaviness, an anxiety
seconds tick as hours
one day, a year
a week, a decade
months millienia
the import of the answer
compounds the pressure
magnifies minutes
weight presses inward
waiting tests all bonds
of sanctity and sanitiy
soldier's V-mail home
fiancé's letter to the trenches
mother's prayer for a sick child
writer's manuscript for the editor
gambler's trifecta on the horses
first elementary love note
a birthday party, election results
medical tests, contests
the weight for each unbearable
impossible to calculate
how wait equals weight
in the mind
upon the heart
on time itself
growing with each
and every passing breath
[April 25, 2023 -- #25 for National Poetry Month...]