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Olympic Pool (initial workshop)

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THE WAITING ROOM

To have or to hold,
to unfold or to be -
live or to die in waiting
or risk the thrill of ecstacy.

sitting in this waiting room
waiting for the fall -
Life has it's own schedule
death knows its time to call

Brush past reception
bolt from the door
rush back into the world -
take uncertainty-as giving more

Mutually exclusive
yet singularly alone
my love for you
acknowledged, recognised
made known

Now this revelation
heralds a change
a shift in priorities
get back 'in the game'

Tell the one you love
Go on and have your say
Set aside prejudices
Carve out a brighter day.

15 July '11

About This Poem

Last Few Words: ANOTHER ONE FOR THE CLICHES' WORKSHOP!

Style/Type: Free verse

Editing Stage: Editing - rough draft

About the Author

Region, Country: Tip of Southern Africa, ZAF

Favorite Poets: Too many to narrow down, but briefly :, AUDEN, T.S. ELIOT, DICKENSON, RILKE, THOREAU, RUMI ... the list is endless. Am inspired by many, especially those that live lives of "quiet desperation, and go to the grave with a song still in them" (THoreau)

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Candlewitch

Candlewitch

13 years 11 months ago

Dear Boni,

Brush past reception
bolt from the door
rush back into the world -
take uncertainty-as giving more

These are the lines that really stood out for me. It reminds me of when I died in the emergency room and was revived. Now I make sure my loved ones know how much I care.

always, Cat