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By Emmanuel Williams

I wait for…

I wait for the moment I can hit my pillow

Bury my face, and know no sorrow

I wait for love

I wait to cry

I wait to sleep

I wait for lovers

For enemies

For friends who belong to me

I wait for drink

I wait for party

I wait for mingling

A bachelor’s patience

A poor man’s history

A rich man’s future

I am a novice

I am a scavenger

I am a fixture

I wait for you

More than you know

More than you feel

I wait in caves

I wait in waves,

Cycles, and chains…

I wait for me

To understand

To make a way

I wait for me

Beneath the sand

Beneath my mind

Beneath the rage

Beneath the earthquake

A volcano with age

I wait for art

I wait for Beauty

I wait for Truth

For understanding

I wait, and wait, and wait

I wait alone

I wait with men

I wait with comrades

I wait with colleagues

I wait with young ones

And without breath

I wait for love

I wait for war

I wait for strength

I wait for chocolate

And for coffee

And for news

I wait and smoke

I wait and choke

I wait so broke

I wait so broken

Wait so spoken

Wait so chosen

Wouldst thou relieve me

Would not thou feed me

Have not I waited

Have not I begged

Have not I trudged

Have not I sled

I wait downhill

I wait unworthy

But wait unburdened

Your truth is yours

You’d be all fours

For all my honor

Never my swords…

I wait for battle

I am the cattle

I am the man

I am the war

I am the king

I am what more

I am what you

Refuse I do

While waiting for you

In love, a fool

What shall I do

But what for you

My Queen, my love

Your knight, your sun

Your morning star

Your fist and scar

Your twist and ache

But oh of your face

I wait for love

I wait for you

I wait for battle

And I wait for TRUTH…