I’ve spent my life waiting
for the men in my life
to call
to come home
to love me.
I wait in the void
thinking
tomorrow he’ll change,
he’ll express the love
he’ll sweep me up
& love me.
And so pass years
until I too
show blank emotion.
And I too
feel nothing.

Twelve nights in another town
waiting
still waiting
for the phone to ring.
Waiting for the letter of love
to arrive.
Wasn’t that song
‘Still Waiting After All These Years’.

I’m sorry
if I judge you harshly.
Maybe tomorrow you’ll be there
with wide arms
to swing me into the
heart
of you.