Poem for Today

Waiting for You

I stand

as agreed

Beneath

the friendly clock

on Platform Two.

Waiting,

dreaming,

waiting for you;

the soft ticking

of the clock

reminding me

at seven

you arrive.

At eight o’clock

I stand

Cursing

that sullen sound,

Questioning

where you went —

till when—

with whom.

© Colin Gordon-Farleigh 1978 

From Flight of A Bee,

published by Voice Publications 2006