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Friday 31 January 2014

Patience



Pic by Tharindu Amunugama


Waiting is of many kinds
it is a platform vigil
for life-trains that may arrive
or have passed in eye-blink moment;
waiting is a lover’s tryst
a mendicant’s wish
and news made stale by night wind
and neglect;
waiting is a short text message
between life and life
a train that was missed
and a train going in the wrong direction,
waiting is an end game of hope
in hopeless longing
for the beloved
misnamed or mis-taken.

4 comments :

  1. Everyone misses trains one way and another. sad truth in a beautiful poem.

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  2. Patience is worth for certain people and certain things....

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  3. Is this book shown above (EDGES) available in book shops? If so where?

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  4. 'Waiting' is another word for love.

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