Measuring Time

Photograph courtesy of my sister, Sharon Greco, from her Carolina heaven.

i can see you
there

waiting

where you've always
been

waiting

but
no matter
that i follow the rules
color inside the lines
walk the straight and narrow
i can never reach you

waiting

perhaps a break in accustomed routine
a variance, a mid-course correction
will close the gap between us
perhaps one step forward
from off in the distance
will bring you running
to where

 I'm waiting