Waiting for a train..., by Ann Berger, 2003

Waiting for a train to pass.

Waiting for an empty bathroom stall,

            Or your doctor to arrive.

Waiting for the pregnancy test results-

            Or the clock to strike 6 to view the fruits of Santa’s labor.

Waiting. Patiently – for your daughter’s tantrum to end.

Waiting for the doctor to report on your father’s surgery,

            the results of your mother’s biopsy,

            the lonely feeling of 2 a.m.

Waiting for the moment when things will go right-

Realizing that things are wrong.

Here we are, waiting for a train to pass,

When really we are living in the moment.

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