It’s been 50 years
Since she said: ”I do”.
Since then I’ve spent,
maybe a month’s time, waiting.
I don’t wear make-up
or have much hair to fix.
And my clothes are
conservative.
So much of my education
came while waiting for her.
I’ve learned to slow down
and think about why
I’m always in a hurry,
and why I always have to
be doing something,  
why just being is being lazy,
why thinking is wasting time,
why using my senses
to observe what surrounds me
isn’t important,
why reading a book
is less important
than doing something,
in short,
why waiting
is wasting time.
All that took
maybe a month
in 50 years.