#impatience
You're missing something,
so we wait, impatiently --
you break off your search.
Jun 28, 2025
Jun 28, 2025 at 2:27 AM UTC
The hour is an uneasy,
the hour is exasperated,
it paces from one room to another,
taking great strides
to pull me by the wrist
and take me straight to bed.
Not yet,
give me a second a said.
I thirst for a swig
of what this bar has to offer.
Neat! The hour is impatient,
no chance for me to relish
growing old,
no way to feel my insides glycate,
it wants time back,
this itching hour.
Sep 26, 2024
Sep 26, 2024 at 12:13 AM UTC
The speaker pauses,
he is impatient, but can --
force himself to wait.
Jul 27, 2024
Jul 27, 2024 at 2:01 AM UTC
There's a light, a flash,
When you live too fast...
You forget all the time
That you have...
Take it slow, and let it go,
Breathe in deeply through
Your nose,
For like a river,
Your soul shall flow...
No matter where you
Seem to go,
No matter what life
Seems to throw,
Take it slow,
Take it slow,
Take it slow...
And one day you will
Find your peace,
A gentle stream
Where you can breathe,
And you'll know,
And you'll know,
Oh, you'll know....
Don't live too fast,
Those kind of lives
They never last,
And then they pass,
Though it's fun to just
Let your spirit go!
But in the end,
I say, my friend,
Breathe in deeply
And ascend,
Take it slow,
Take it slow,
Take it slow...
Apr 13, 2023
Apr 13, 2023 at 12:26 AM UTC
i arrived
early enough
to be comfortable
in my seat as
the patient and
impatient alike
shuffled the aisle
negotiating the overflow
of flaring elbows
protruding feet
and cumbersome torsos
a waltz of
dismissive apology
their only hope
to find their place
without inconvenience
yet with little interest
in whether they might
inconvenience
other passengers
along the way
watching
as a man
recently evicted
from the seat
he had evidently
not booked
surveys the nearby
empty spaces
his mind churning
an internal gamble
of which one
might promise
the longer period
of peace
before the rightful
owner arrives
he knows
he will need
to relocate
once more before
his journey's end
at some point
unknown to him
but predetermined
nonetheless
despite this
he settles down
in a seat marked
"reserved"
and closes
his eyes
Nov 30, 2022
Nov 30, 2022 at 6:34 AM UTC
Watching saplings grow
A young crow awaits their fruit
Plucking it's feathers
Apr 27, 2022
Apr 27, 2022 at 12:59 AM UTC
Our Holiday Season's fast upon us,
Ribbons and bows are holding sway,
But I recall all the fuss
With Christmas just two weeks away.
Yes, it's been a year already
Since being swept-up in the frenzy;
Singing Silent Night and Silver Bells,
And awake until the last Noel.
But Yules ago, when just a boy,
Not toying in childish play,
Yet wanting more than I could say.
With Christmas still two weeks away.
You'd think that on the twentieth,
I'd get a better sense of it,
Christmas felt two weeks away.
Come December twenty-first,
I felt I was Christmas cursed;
For it didn't matter what who'd say,
Christmas still felt weeks away.
At dawn on the twenty-second,
The smell of pine seduced and beckoned;
Beneath the needles I spied presents;
The outline of a gift-wrapped sleigh.
I cursed, “Is Christmas still two weeks away?”
The day before the twenty-fourth,
I couldn't see the wooden floor,
Gifts sprawled to the front door.
I crossed my fingers,
Wished and prayed,
But Christmas felt two weeks away.
The twenty-fourth languished long and slow...
The light would fade,
The night would glow,
Off to Midnight Mass we'd go.
We'd press palms and pray for snow,
Then genuflect and run for home.
Although it feels two weeks away,
I've much to do
That cannot wait.
Thank God tomorrow's not Christmas Day.
Or is IT just two hours away?
Dec 20, 2021
Dec 20, 2021 at 9:11 AM UTC
Being impatient
is just a matter of time:
having too much time.
Oct 23, 2021
Oct 23, 2021 at 3:19 AM UTC
Keeping Warm
The impatience for the beginning of us
Keeps me warm on cold winter nights
Sep 20, 2021
Sep 20, 2021 at 8:25 PM UTC
Impatience
Is
a
fool
If you make it
a friend
It
will make you
a
fool
too
Feb 19, 2021
Feb 19, 2021 at 9:27 AM UTC
300 nights I’ve been here a-pacin’,
I’ve got clothes, all shiny and new!
This whole year, my time’s been a-wastin',
someday this endless virus will be through.
On the news, they say there’s a serum,
soon I’ll have to take one or two.
Crowded clubs, where music’s a-playin’,
I bet I can get into one or two.
There are boys, out there just for kissin',
and someday, I’ll kiss one or two.
I’ll find out, just what I’ve been missin',
I’ll bet I won’t get home 'til one or two.
There are guys, of nineteen or twenty,
and they know, just what to do.
Shiny toys, just waitin’ for choosin’,
maybe I’ll pick one... or two!
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.
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*ok, funny note. I post my poems on several websites and on Quora, several of my readers lobbied me to change the last line of this poem - to follow the "one or two" theme. So, in a way, the last line is "crowd sourced" - and I must say also much improved =]
Thanks to those guys!*
Dec 1, 2020
Dec 1, 2020 at 7:25 AM UTC
All I ever waited for
I always waited in vain
Nothing I desired
Was meant to be in the end
Meant to be mine
Is there something wrong with me?
Nothing and no one
Ever could comfort my burning soul
I learned to live with it
It belongs to me, I accept it
Though some nights I wonder
How it would be
To be listened to and understood
To be comforted and held
Like rain
So sad and yet so beautiful
A gloomy day
Wrapped up in endless hope
An endless disappointment
Still, I pray
My voice doesn´t even shake anymore
It feels like everything is ignoring my existence
Fate
Oh what hate I felt towards you
Ever since I can remember
I tried to love you
But I doubt you wanted me to
A month of success
But for who?
My name seems to be missing
On every single list
Like I am outside the circle
Maybe it should make me proud
Maybe I should cry
Or laugh
But all I can think of is silence
Nov 19, 2020
Nov 19, 2020 at 9:54 AM UTC
Yesterday, I saw a NASA announcement.
it said they found “Unambiguous”
water on the moon.
I had just finished my morning walk
and frankly, that sounded delicious
and refreshing.
So, I went to Amazon and searched.
I couldn’t find ANY reference to
“Unambiguous moon water” at ALL.
How ridiculous, I mean, why go
and ADVERTISE something that
We can’t get on AMAZON??
*** people. This is AMERICA.
Nov 14, 2020
Nov 14, 2020 at 7:20 AM UTC
I feel such distance
in these few cold, dying months.
How can they last, so?
Nov 7, 2020
Nov 7, 2020 at 11:02 AM UTC
Retire, you screaming and reckless strain,
I want to dilute your desire to hate,
Dissipate, you loveless disease of the brain,
Let's try to make warm what could have been a cold fate.
Bloom, you timid tomorrow of mine,
I want to make room for another's petals,
Flood, you gluttonous gutters of time,
Give us the flowers, not just the nettles.
Linger, oh memory of a phantom friend,
I want to be a singer of your secret tune,
Be a full moon, you impending end,
Smiling crescents shine a liars light in my darkened room.
Awake, you sleepy and half-hearted hope,
I want to dance now but I'm dust that soon settles,
Come back, you lost lifeline and dreamer's rope,
Show me your flowers, I'm weary of nettles.
Jul 29, 2020
Jul 29, 2020 at 1:03 PM UTC
choking on my tea
every time i take a sip
i'm too impatient
chamomile calms me
just before i fall asleep
my dreams are softer
magic tea, cast spells
conjure hope for my worry
mix starlight and moss
Jun 8, 2020
Jun 8, 2020 at 2:27 AM UTC
Alarm rings, I wake
With more ease than recent past
My mind full of you
Screen full of your words
Reminds me of your morning
And how you miss me
Exciting moment
I shower for the day now
Thoughts of you cascade
Ticking away time
Like the thunder of spring storms
Bringing needed rain
Breathless pause I wait for you
"Call me" on the screen is "Read"
Jan 15, 2019
Jan 15, 2019 at 9:02 AM UTC
Presuming on your goodness,
Believing in your ability,
Perceiving you will not break me.
Willing to obey your instructions,
Hoping you will teach me,
Waiting impatiently.
A thirst for learning is a virtue,
E’en when paired with impatience,
right?
Oct 31, 2018
Oct 31, 2018 at 6:42 PM UTC
I don’t take philosophy courses,
Not because I’m smarter and always right,
But because I’m jaded.
I know each person in our
Lewis & Clark exploration through what we think is ours,
Comes to moments of great clearing clarity,
Of unlocking more parts of our mind,
New abilities like a videogame,
For which I cannot hate,
Or love,
More or less,
For to find myself,
The greatest of mysteries solved, what joy!
I cannot know myself,
The worst of betrayals, what sorrow!
But seeing as I’m the most central force,
In only this galaxy and the next,
I cannot afford the time for you,
To go through this too.
Oct 20, 2018
Oct 20, 2018 at 3:27 PM UTC
I’m stuck between impatience and time moving too fast.
If only certain moments could hold off and last,
Yet let me be the first to set the record straight.
I know that, in the end, it will all be worth the wait.
I’m not here because I want to relive the past.
While times have been perfect, the idea is too vast:
To stay where you are, red, and not look for what’s ahead.
However, why is the future an idea i’m urged to dread?
While this time is exciting, and often inviting,
I see the circumstance filled with crying and spiting.
No, I’m not scared, or maybe I was.
I’ve learned that I can’t live that way, only because
I’ll suffer that way in this current time I’m in,
And living right now is already hard enough to begin.
I’m not here to sulk, i’m not here to brag.
I’m just impatiently enduring the drag
Of time, of now, wanting it to slow to yellow,
While I’m eager, insisting on life’s green light, “go.”
Time, a constant thing, still looks me in the face
To say, “you think you know it all, but I will set the pace”.
No matter the task, the toll, the race, I’m in it for the ride.
Meanwhile, I’ll tell my impatient indecisiveness that it’ll have to subside.
Maybe time is like traffic. “Do I gas it, or hit the breaks?”
Either way, I’m afraid of collisions, so that’s a risk I just won’t take.
Aug 4, 2018
Aug 4, 2018 at 1:46 AM UTC