Song For Joel

(guitar picking includes what sounds like a clock chime... hurray)

I wait for the clock
There are better things to do
learn the language, or sleep
write a letter to you

I wait for a prayer
confirmation song, a dream
Walk across an ocean
wake a faithless scream

I wait for the silence
when words are not required
just a sigh, from time
a whine: I'm tired

I wait for surprise
hope I'll not expect
so much I'm disappointed
and don't want what I get

I wait for a selah
a break into a twist
when nothing can be questioned
when no one can be missed.