Wait Poem by Sunil Varma

Wait….


Mother waits, neonate grins
Flowers wait, the bees spin,
Dew drops wait, pristine dawn,
Groom waits, bridal lawn,
What is life, but a string of endless waits?

Beetle waits, spiders’ claw,
Innocence waits, corrupt guffaw,
Widow waits, bygone way,
A grey beard waits, judgment day,
What is life, but a Sting of endless waits?

Bliss and dolor, the cross of Lorraine
Like the leaf and the thorn, on a thicket vein
Each can’t stand one another
One is imperfect without the other


I stand await to ask you straight,
“What is life, if there is nothing to wait? ”