Waiting

The day pulls

like a tired

horse.

Students slump

in their desks,

poised at the entrance

to the dark stable of sleep.

Class ends.

My chair tips,

and I spill toward home

where my lawn is waiting,

spread across the lap of my house

like an apron catching sunlight,

the latch on my gate waiting to be lifted,

the lock on my front door waiting for the key,

the kitchen, pregnant with fresh bread, waiting

for the soft light of the foyer to spread over it,

the light fading into a gray reminder of itself

inside my bedroom, across my pillow,

bookmark for my dreams, where I can spill toward

tomorrow, imagine it'll be a racehorse stamping at my door,

tearing from the gate.

You've read 3 of 3 free articles. Subscribe to continue.
QR Code to Waiting
Read this article in
https://www.csmonitor.com/2001/1003/p19s3-hfpo.html
QR Code to Subscription page
Start your subscription today
https://www.csmonitor.com/subscribe
CSM logo

Why is Christian Science in our name?

Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that.

The Church publishes the Monitor because it sees good journalism as vital to progress in the world. Since 1908, we’ve aimed “to injure no man, but to bless all mankind,” as our founder, Mary Baker Eddy, put it.

Here, you’ll find award-winning journalism not driven by commercial influences – a news organization that takes seriously its mission to uplift the world by seeking solutions and finding reasons for credible hope.

Explore values journalism About us