The Art of Waiting
by Anne Namatsi Lutomia
The long-awaited letter arrives
Announcing good news
Giving permission to work
Making the next level possible
Signaling permanency
The boxes are packed for moving
Three states in eighteen months
Still waiting to be loaded and move to the third state
Waiting to settle in a midwestern small college town
Spring comes seed are sowed
I watch the ground to see the sprouting
My impatience drives me to watching everyday
There is nothing for some time
Then there is something
The seeds have germinated
I am still waiting for them to grow into plants
For the blooming of the flowers
For the green leaves
For the bees and butterflies
For the harvest
PAINTING: Flowering Plant by Shibata Zeshin (1878).
NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: Last year and this year have taught me to be patient and in the moment. This poem is inspired by my mindfulness to mundane activities that I took for granted in the past. I have learned to be patient with myself, others, and processes.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Anne Namatsi Lutomia is a budding poet and a member of Champaign Urbana poetry group. She enjoys reading and writing poems. She has published poems with Silver Birch Press, BUWA and awaazmagazine. She also likes plants, collecting stamps, and going for long walks. She now lives in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois.
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