The Wait

Waiting,
waiting,
waiting  

I’ve never been the patient person
who could stand long hours, and
withstand the wait without contact from outside:

a scrolling LCD bar,
a vibrating cellphone,
a gust of wind signaling
the weather or the arriving train.

Too many what ifs,
too many what nows,
too many now whats.

Out of the frustration of the wait,
sometimes I am too dazed to realize
what has already arrived in front of me.

Waiting is hard because we are hungry
of instant gratifications.
Instead of pondering things over,
machines allowed us,
made us hate the wait.

I would like to but I doubt if I really could do
go through the wait.

Orange Cotton Float

To ELAY: When I sent you a message to look at the sky, this is what I was staring at. Though, no match tong photo! It’s incredibly orange-purple-pink-tastic in real life! And this sunset lasted for like, only 2 minutes? BEST two minutes of the day! ^^

Tapos Elay! Kasi naman may sakit ka, yan tuloy di ka nakakuha ng free McDo coffee and chismis from Miriam thesis-expert-crammers tungkol sa buhay– in exchange for contributing a portion of a review of related lit! Pagaling ka at bumaba ka nga!

November 24, 2007
somewhere in Katipunan, QC