mail order doesn’t take 4-6 weeks anymore 

but the wait feels different 

when you know how time can be stretched 

.

across rainy days 

just listening to the drops 

through fields of lavender 

in no hurry 

watching the clock 

when cookies are in the oven

waking to find you’re way older 

than you thought you’d ever be

. 

sometimes you realize you’re not waiting 

but passing the time 

because it’s the same as it ever was