This poem was written as I was on a plane to visit my long distance girlfriend of two years. Naturally it relates the pain and anguish at times of distance while in love.
-Anticipation-
It grips my heart
Anticipation!
The thing desired won’t change, won’t leave
But I fear, or I hope, or I don’t know
It hurts
Desire it so vigorously
Need it so imperatively
That the longer I wait
The better likelihood of vanishment
Please come now
I can take it no more
This anticipation better not kill me
In my waiting for life, waiting for you
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