the waiting

I have waited all my life

to hear the whisper of your love

and now

as leafless trees stand sombre black

against the winter sky

I feel the sounds of spring

a universal leap to life

for now, the waiting over

I hear your love proclaimed

my unbelieving ended

I am whole

for you are she

the one I waited for, unknowing

that I waited

eryll oellermann 6^th February 2019