Waiting

waiting for the other shoe to drop

waiting for payday, for the dentist,

waiting for the rain to stop or to start,

anxiety in all its forms scrape our souls

and make us ask about our worth

because if we were worthy, it seems,

we could have what we want right away

and what we don’t want, well, it would go away

but sometimes we don’t have a choice

the magic just is not there or luck runs thin

to make things happen in our preferred time

so we must wait without control

for the good, the bad, the not-so-bad

and take it as it comes, for if we do,

we realize it’s not so sad to wait