Lonely Poem: The Lonely Wait

The Lonely Wait

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The Lonely Wait

By: Serenity-Snow

Alone she sits

Watching the floor

In the entrance hall

Back against one wall

Knees against the other

Waiting, Waiting, Waiting

For someone to come

A person she loves

Who is incredibly late

Never this late

Watching for headlights

Watching for break lights

Silent tears fall

Silent to the floor

Some yet unshed

Every bang, ever rumble

Lifts her spirits

Lifts her hopes

That her loved one

At last is home

Disappointment waits

At the front door

When she realizes

She was wrong

They are not yet home

She resumes her wait

On the carpeted steps

Very much alone

In the pitch black house

Just her and her prison

She thinks the worst

Worrying about an accident

On a back road

On the highway

On the way home

She lays her head

Against the wall

Listening intently 

For something

She’s sure won’t come

The phone rings

She springs up

Wondering if the call

Is her loved one

Telling her what’s wrong

The caller id reads

A foreign number

Not their cell phone number

She hesitates

Unsure if she should answer

CPD seems familiar

Like a number that

She should know

She lifts the phone

And says hello

The voice

Not one she knows

Speaks softly

There is no mistaking

What he says

Slowly she crumbles

To the floor

CPD is City Police Department

Telling her, her loved on

Is not coming home