Waiting...

Waiting like an Eskimo
waiting for the solstice sun's return
Waiting like the ancient damned
waiting for Hell's fire to cease to burn
   Waiting, Waiting, Waiting...

Waiting for
  a life's calling
  a star to wish upon falling
Waiting for
  something to come
for kingdom come
for everything
  and then some
    Waiting, Waiting, Waiting...

Waiting for The One
   to walk past
   to turn back
   to smile
      and bring love at last
Waiting on
  the next week's pay
  the coming day
  the simplest set of words to say
Waiting on
  an answer
   yes, or no,
   or just maybe
 or waiting for another request
to continue waiting
 (please, please, please)
Waiting, Waiting, Waiting...

Waiting to get
  off shift
  out of jail
  into retirement
or on to Hell
Waiting in
  anger,
  agony,
  annoyance,
  apathy
Waiting... Waiting... Waiting...

Waiting in
  a room
  a cell
  a death-bed
  a tomb
Waiting on
  a lawyer's advice
  a warden's keys
  a doctor's prognosis
  a cure for this disease
  an afterlife awaiting
    with prayers supplicating
"Please, Please, Please?"
Waiting... Waiting... Waiting...

Waiting to feel
  better
  free
  alive
  real
Waiting too
  patiently
  too obediently
  for much to long
and it's just so wrong, so wrong, so wrong...
Waiting to remember
  what's forgotten
  where things went wrong
     or right
  what happened last December
     was it like this cold awaiting night
waiting to remember what this waiting is for
Waiting... Waiting... Waiting...
  More, More, More
   then never-
more

Waiting all the while
  all this time
  unable to truly smile
Waiting to be waiting again
  anticipating it
  adjudicating it
Waiting in the fear
  of waiting
Waiting for some reason
  to stop waiting
Waiting for an end
 to all of this
Waiting... Waiting... Waiting...
  Waiting even after this end
to wait and wait again
Waiting after
Waiting... Waiting...
Waiting...