after 3 years
my little stick
left untouched
given time and space
has grown into
a baby peony tree
well worth the wait
for its very first bloom.
—
“in early june, the world of leaf and blade and flowers explodes, and every sunset is different.”
-john steinbeck
waiting.
(not me, but a local who has a similar style)
—
“patience is not simply the ability to wait – it’s how we behave while we’re waiting.”
-joyce meyer
you know you’ve been waiting quite a long time
at the secretary of state’s office
when even a minivan load of nuns get restless.
—
“I sometimes think I was born to live up to my name.
how could I be anything else but what I am having been named madonna?
i would have either ended up a nun or this.”
-madonna ciccone
kinder waits for the ball to drop.
—
“the world is all gates, all opportunities,
strings of tension waiting to be struck.”
-ralph waldo emerson
I didn't have my glasses on.... 