By The Pool

09/27/2002

I'm waiting
All the time
I'm waiting.

I'm charged like a battery
Waiting to be sucked lifeless

Waiting for a flash of light.

"Oh thank god," I'll say.
"No more waiting," I'll say.

Then I'll be sitting by the pool
Ringing in my ears.

Just the ringing
Even when their mouths move
Just the ringing.

I'll wonder why I waited.
All that time.