by Kathleen Delicato

Created on: December 10, 2009   Last Updated: December 15, 2009

I'M JUST WAITING


I'm just waiting for the time to pass.
I'm just waiting for my tears to dry.
I've heard time can heal all wounds.
I'm waiting for the time I won't have to cry.

Ah, the time goes by so slowly
And the wound has cut so deep.
The only time I'm released from torment
Is at night when I can sleep.

Sometimes that sweet sleep eludes me.
I watch the minutes ticking by.
I lie awake in bed and remember
How good things were before you died.

You were more than just my mother,
You were my dearest friend.
Like a poet said before me,
All good things must come to an end.

Though I know it's life's natural order
For death to overtake you first,
Sometimes I wish I had gone before you,
But I wouldn't want you to feel this hurt.

So I'm waiting for the wound to heal.
It will leave such a scar behind.
The day will come to begin life anew,
When to your loss I become resigned.

Till then I'm just waiting for the time to pass.
I'm no longer fighting the sadness I feel.
I have to face it and overcome it.
In the process I will heal.

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