I wait
As a child
Watching
Hoping
That my dad will come pick me up
I spend days in dance class
Twirling around on Pointe
Tap—- tap ———-tapping
Wishing that I was better than everyone
One day….I think….
I will prove them wrong
The attention that I crave will be readily available
I walk around the race track during class
Alone
Waiting for it to be over
Thinking about how one day there will be people that understand
The meaning of life
AND suffering
Rolling down the hill in Prague
Under the moonlit sky
I wait
It feels like something is getting closer —————-
I am getting closer
The world is under me
It spins as I spin
The world and me spinning under the stars
I wait
As the rain comes down and sprinkles me with aliveness
I’m lost downtown and not only in thought
Love is all around me
Can this really be so?
There are echoes coming from the alley
People try and keep the peace
Wading through the puddles
Mud sticking to their shoes
I wait
For someone to notice
Me
Under all the camouflage
I need to speak
The feelings suffocate the voices
I wait
For the trains in the distance
To carry me away
Traveling to some foreign land
Unknown only to me
There are maps, someone else has been here
I am not alone
In my aloneness ——————————————————as I wait