Circles

I've never tried one of these before...

Concentric circles of impatience

An eagerness to be there

Never having really settled into these confines

Time seems lazy, lethargic

 

Inside a longing builds

 

Growing impatient, having seen enough… at last

Of this and that, nondescript really… forgettable

 

Hours are more like weeks now

Others I know and care for feel it too

Maybe it won’t be so long after all...

Every day lately seems to reconfirm it

 

Never has the need been stronger

Or the anticipation greater...

While we watch for and await our day

 

Author's Note

Even if you do not care for the poem, you gotta love the eagle. Click the photo to enlarge. There is a place just down the road from my house where they congregate. Anytime I need an eagle photo I just drive to the spot and take my pick of twenty or thirty birds. They really are remarkable creatures. This one kept flying by just to be sure I got a good shot.

Reviews

[Brandon Lee]

I like that last line, but it doesn't seem to end with a punch, it doesn't really need to that is. it is good where it stands. Perhaps the poem isn't done yet. Does it have more to say? Maybe it is just me wanting it to go on lol. Who knows. It is good stuff. Keep it in mind and you might never know if it shall speak to you again.

[Wondering Mind]

A fine acrostic. Being away from home most of the year, I can relate with most of what you've written. Well penned.

[Deborah Leah Krempa]

A lovely acrostic,a well written poem, and yes I love the eagle too. Thank you for sharing. Debileah

[Ghost of Jupiter]

hahaha I think your author's note rocks!!! The eagle is quite nice. Yet the poem itself is nice too. I love howy the reader can feel the impatient emotions growing as you read. Nicely done.

~Kalypso

[An Ordinary Woman]

I think it is a marvelous acrostic, I really wouldn't change anything about it, Dale. My favorite part is "Time seems lazy, lethargic." That's an excellent descriptive of how time feel when it drags on by. Just waiting, one of the things I've always dreaded.

I think it is very inspirational!! Yay, kudos'!

[J]

OH! It's an acrostic! WELL DONE!

[Emily B]

I love the eagle and the words. I really enjoyed this.

[J]

I understand how your train of thought could follow along these lines, D. I am very frightened where we are headed, and it seems there is one perceived as our "saviour" walking amongst us. I can hardly stand to watch/read what the press is putting out next ~ I don't know that I've ever seen such one-sidedness as this. To me, these days have felt like the end of the free world as we know it.

I'm sure your feelings go much deeper than this, but this is the first upheaval that comes to my mind ~ actually hardly leaves, and such a downfall for our country beyond a "massive" scale.

Well done, my friend.
j

[Brandon Lee]

I was with you until the last line. The poem was splendid until the last line. The last line my friend; omit it, replace it, do something with it other than leaving it there. It is like a second ball thrown into the outfield along with the home-run the batter just launched. this is a wonderful spell about the mundane and I sense you could of kept going, dragging us deeper into this nondescript place, but you seem to kill it off with that last line. Sorry.

-Brandon