Poem Number One
If its coffee I’m waiting for
I would like it now please
Both my babies I had to wait
An inordinate amount of time for –
Being held to wait
For their father to arrive
And then another nine months for each
Well, I was young, or should I say
I was younger than I would be today
And so my patience is no longer
As it was in the fountain of my youth
And because it will be
Another whole day before
Midnight Post re-appears
The waiting is too long
And so *just for fun*
I have written not one
But Two Midnight Posts
And I cannot decide
Which is the preferred
Because I am due a coffee
And so my brain is refusing
To answer the question for me
So without further ado
I hereby present
Poem Number Two
Poem Number Two
Waiting, waiting, anticipating
My life is passing me by as I would type
Days turn to nights
Night turn to days
And still I wait
My patience endures
Longer than my flesh
Ageing, growing, evolving
In younger times
Time was as plentiful as water
A lifetime ahead
One lifetime of time
Well, times have changed
And that never-ending
Fountain of youth and years
Minutes and seconds seem so easily to
Slip through my fingers
As quickly as I can type
Making me hesitant to agree,
Very enthusiastically, to wait any
More longer than I should
Nowadays if there is something
I could possibly hope for –
Will have to go after it myself
And hope I catch it before I die
Which one would you prefer
It begs the question
Poem Number One
Or are you rather loving
Poem Number Two?
Would this possibly make
Poem Number Three
Perhaps?
Coffee Time!
Poems and Petals 
Poem one. “Waiting for their father to arrive.”
Another story there, I’m sure.
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LOL, he arrived eventually, but away now on a cycling trip, so I am free now to write as much as I like!
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Both are great responses to the prompt. But if I have to choose, then Poem Number Two is the One.
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Thank you, number two was the first one that I wrote (the official one!), and then somehow I ended up with two!
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Hi Ms Judy, I agree with Oscar, both equally beautiful, but my heart feels the second’s weight a little more. You have a way with your words, one I’m always happy to follow.
Mr. Kelly
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Thank you for your kind words, number two was the official one I write initially and then I got carried away and ended up with two poems (actually I ended up with three!) 🙂
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loved both the poems. each one stresses on important issues in life.
i wish everyone had lil time to appreciate the WAITING MOMENTS for certain things in life. It breaks my heart when i see people hating to wait for something as simple as FOOD. Everything has to be fast food, fast trains, fast internet….
No time for relaxing at all….
Loved your write up as usual.
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Yes, I sat yesterday afternoon and simply listened to someone playing music, it was so lovely, to just be and to enjoy. Thank you for reading my posts 🙂
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