Waiting

You don't waste your entire life waiting to go back to dust. - Reba McEntire

I waited all day for a poem,
all week for my new boots
from amazon, I waited
three weeks to hear back
from the cancer lab, 
a month before I was able
to drive 12 hours north
to pick up my little dog,
I've waited six months
to get over you, but they say
I need to wait a year
before I make any big
decisions and that's hilarious
the idea of big decisions
well I've decided
to put up some holiday lights
then take the dog out
into the rain. I waited
all day for a poem
and would have waited
until morning had it not
filled my page suddenly
leaving me waiting
for the ink to dry.