That Point That I've Come to Hate

a poem about having to wait

I've gone well past that point

That I have come to hate

That point within the wait

Where I begin to pace

And my heart begins to race

I've gone well past that point

That I've come to despise

Where the time never flies

And I will not be right

Until you're in my sight

Jim Lonsdale Poetry 2025

Author's Note

Inspired by waiting for news following a loved one's surgery

Reviews

[Michael Sun Bear]

You have captured and displayed, nicely in rhyme, that universal anxiety and pain of waiting, waiting, waiting for critical news! I like the poem, Jim.

[Desert Knave]

Thank you so much. I am NOT a patient person. ~Jim