Wait Poem by JOY JOHNSON

WHY WE WAIT
WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHO WAITS
WE WAIT TO COME INTO THE WORLD
THEY WAIT TO SEE WHAT WE GON BE
YOU A BOY OR IS IT A GIRL

WE WAIT TO LEARN
WAIT TO EARN FROM WHAT WE LEARN
WAIT TO TALK, LEARN TO TALK
LEARN TO CRAWL, WAIT TO WALK

WAIT TO GROW SO YOU CAN RULE
THEN AS YOU GROW UP WAIT TO GO TO SCHOOL
WAIT TO LEAVE, WAIT TO FINISH
HE, SHE, THEY, THEM, GO OUT ON YOUR OWN
WAIT TO WORK SO YOU CAN BE GROWN

WAIT TO LEARN THEN TO DRIVE
WAIT TO BUY WHEN YOU'VE WAITED TO TURN 21
WAIT TO BE APPROVED BY SOMEONE ELSE
WAIT TO BE CHOSEN OVER SOMEONE'S SELF

WAIT FOR EVERYTHING YOU GET, DO OR BECOME
WAIT FOR LOVE, WAIT TO MARRY
WAIT FOR A VACATION JUST TO KEEP YOUR SANITY

WAIT TO EAT
WAIT TO GET WELL
WAIT TO HURRY UP I CAN'T WAIT TO GET THERE
I CAN'T WAIT TO GET BACK HOME
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT IS ALL I SEEM TO DO ALL THE DAY LONG

WAIT TO GET PAID THIS INCLUDES A TIME SPAN TOO
WAIT TO SEE WHAT'S ON T.V. AND WHAT SOME PEOPLE DO
WAIT TO SAVE, WAIT TO DIE
WAIT FOR NEXT YEAR IN HOPES THAT IT'S A BETTER ONE

WAITING IS ALL OUR LIVES SEEM TO CONSIST OF
WHY WORRY IT'S ALL WORTH THE WAIT
WAIT TO GET TO HEAVEN ON THE REAL JUDGEMENT DAY
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WONDER WHY WE WAIT