The waiting seems a lifetime
for that simple answer
yes or no.
The results of a cancer test,
yes, or no.
A biopsy,
blood test,
Diabetes, pregnancy.
We’ll let you know
Please wait a week.
College application,
accepted, denied.
The answer will be in the mail.
That job interview,
employed or continued search.
A patient waiting for results.
A customer waiting for an order.
A student waiting for grades.
Yes, or no.
will I make it, will I be rejected?
Life on hold, death on hold.
How can I plan my life?
How can I plan my death?
And it comes back, the winner,
the loser.
And now, the envelope please.
Life floats on a
yes, or no.
And life goes on
Or, it is put on hold.