Empty waiting fills me
hands touch and caress me
hold me ... detain me,
brush me ... love me ...
and then on the edge of leaving
I remain.
My pain ... becomes me
and I dress for the waiting
impatiently.
Its for sure I can't leave
without my goodbye
and so I remain ...
unwilling to take it.
Rushed by hands to wait
I feel the pain ...
and then they take it.
Gallagher
21 April 75
— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —