This Poem was Submitted By: Janet A. Burg On Date: 2001-12-19 18:47:29 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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The Waiting Time

Overripe pear in a pool of light casts an oval shadow beneath. Small breezes stir the white curtains like silent puffs of a child's breath. Dust motes drift, as spiraling dreams rising up from deepest sleep. Across the hall, facing the door sits an old man. His wisps of hair  lift in the small wind. Eyes open, he floats toward the sunlight, as if entering it may allow him to straighten his bowed back. He lists toward freedom, sailing now  on thoughts like loose threads trailing his sleeve, nearly disconnected. Perhaps he'll speak, though not today;  for he is free, no longer pinned  by hopes or empty solitude. 

Copyright © December 2001 Janet A. Burg

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