Waiting?
Queues form naturally at times
as people wait patiently for signs
that before too long it will be their turn
to head the queue for that which they yearn.
Since childhood we’ve waited expectantly,
learning to have patience reluctantly;
but with the longing excitement grew,
as daily our yearning we’d renew.
Children learn to wait with expectation,
their hope and trust know no hesitation;
then hear their excited sounds of glee
as at last what they’ve waited for comes to be.
Somehow as we grow to adulthood
we lose the sense of wonder that we should
maintain together with a sense of awe,
perhaps it’s a part of our fatal flaw?
Do we even still have expectation
as toward the approaching day we hasten?
The first advent came in fullness of time,
the second will be when God says “you’re mine”.
Some missed the first one through their lethargy,
didn’t recognise fulfilment of God’s prophecy;
so in this advent season let us prepare
to be with the wheat and not with the tare;
renew our sense of expectancy,
shed the scales of the world’s conformity;
so we’re ready, prepared, and awaiting
