She Waits

Little girl waiting for her dad

By that big bay window

The young one sits

Her hair pulled back

As strands dance across her face

She stares out into the warm sunshine

But she doesn't feel it caress her face

She stares at the bleak road

Waiting to hear the vehicle

Her mom has given up her post

But she shall wait diligently

Do you see her sitting there?

Her legs swinging back and forth

Her large eyes filling with a new found emotion

The feeling of lost hope

She turns her head

Hoping it's his vehicle

She leans forward

Her toes dancing across the wooden board

But a different car drives by

And she sinks back down

The weight of the world holding her there

She curls her legs up to her chin

As small tears fall down her face

A pain she would learn to endure

For the rest of her life

Maybe someday he'll come

She keeps thinking

All she knows

Is when it grows to dark for her to see

Is when mom will come for her

And she'll have to abandon her post

But her eyes see no rest

For she'll lay awake and listen

For the comfort of his heart and his breathing

Waiting for the day

When daddy calls her name

For now

She sits

And she will wait

Reviews

[Wolfwind]

A beautifully crafted and emotive piece that captures a scene and takes it straight to the heart. Wonderful poetry. They are the words the linger on in the mind, like an echo of some piece of oneself.

Aaron