Couldn't Wait

Lorna Dwyer June 2006

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I miss the old pain.

The comforting familiar pain.

So much has changed

So many doors I have closed.

Where are the others?

The ones I knew before?

They grew up, left me behind.

I followed them a little,

But couldn't keep up

They couldn't wait.

Now I sit here

In the place no one stays

Unable to move

Because help left long ago,

It couldn't wait either.