Just Waiting..... Poem by Raouf Reda

I could tell she’d had a tough life
By the way she sat and stared
So I sat down beside her
In the empty chair

We talked about life
And love that was untrue
We talked about the many things
Some of us never get to do

I told it is only life illusions
That has us sitting here
I noticed she was drinking
And that was just her crutch
For drinking only covers up the pain
In the morning nothing has changed

I told her we could compare scars
And all the heartaches when have been through
But it’s not really worth our time
Let’s leave the past behind

For there are others out there
That have it worse than us

What about the insane locked up inside themselves
What about the homeless
Who would love to have a home
What about those who wait on distant shores
For a ship that never comes in
See life is a gamble
But we are still in the game

For the things that we have been through
Is just another lessons learned
It’s all part of life
The things that we go through
It will only make us stronger
After all is said and done
Live each day as it comes
Look forward to tomorrow
Leave the past behind you
To drown in constant sorrow