How do you wait for the Lord
in a busy world of
flurry and worry
agendas and expectations?
The wait draws me deep and long
with richness and silence and, “ahhhh.”
It is a finished and smooth bookcase
silky and grained
standing firm from crashing swells
of anxieties and placed expectations.
Before all else – before prayer for
that which I wait –
give me the strength to wait.