she sits waiting

 

 

 

she sits waiting

 

she sits waiting

silently as the world rushes by

  yellow taxis

  police cars

  a bus full of school children screaming

she sits waiting 

  for the right man

  or moment

  or perception or understanding

  or something that offers

  a meaning other than this

she sits waiting

  for the email to go through

  for a message to be answered

  for information and a response

she sits waiting 

  in the back chair of a classroom

  or church

  in her parents’ house

  a bedroom

  alone in the dark

she sits waiting 

  for a chance 

  for opportunity

  any place but here

  but it’s the same over there

she sits waiting

  for the next song

  program on the television

  commercial in the theatre

  indecent propositions on the internet

she sits waiting

  as a single tear

  trends down a line

  in her face that

  only remembers the beginning

  when waiting meant something

  other than this.

 

jacklyn henry

bio: jacklyn henry is a genderqueer writer based on the fringe of sanity, Los Angeles. she has had some success of late at: delicate friend, flying dodo, H S T, pink disco, cream scene carnival, and, in a different lifetime, ariel chart.