i am waiting (original)

i am waiting

to see my Father face to face in a snowy white atmosphere

i am waiting

for broken hearts to become as whole as they were before

i am waiting

for my dad to really apologize for all he's done

i am waiting

to give my husband my gift of renewed purity that i've kept for him all my life

and i am waiting

for absolute freedom

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i am waiting

to hear the trumpets sound on that fateful day

i am waiting

for segregation to truely end forever

i am waiting

for the day i don't have to hear curse words on television

i am waiting

for the seven wonders to be found by my best friend

and i am waiting

for absolute freedom

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i am waiting

for aliens to communicate with the White House

i am waiting

for women everywhere to accept aging as allurement

i am waiting

to become the best veterinarian the world has ever seen

i am waiting

for doors to be left unlocked again

and i am waiting

for absolute freedom

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i am waiting

to smell the scent of a mountain-top and feel the pressure of the thinning air on my lungs

i am waiting

to swim in the deepest ocean without coming up for a breath

i am waiting

for the answers to the questions that follow a loved one's death

i am waiting

to learn why the ones who aren't deserving are spared

and i am waiting

for absolute freedom

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i am waiting

for the cures for the big illnesses which small bodies must endure

i am waiting

for the Almighty Dollar to loosen its hold on Americans

i am waiting

for nature to return to the days of Eden

i am waiting

for all men to realize women are more than capable

and i am waiting

for absolute freedom

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i am waiting

for time to stand still

i am waiting

to relive my first birthday and face-plant my birthday cake

i am waiting

for Journey to have a reunion concert in my backyard

i am waiting

for someone to hear the fallen tree in the forest that no one heard

and i am waiting

for absolute freedom

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i am waiting

for the pure and simple truth to actually be pure and simple

i am waiting

for something out of nothing

i am waiting

for violence to be vanquished

i am waiting

for Apple Jacks to taste like apples

and i am waiting

for absolute freedom

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i am waiting

to see the center of a black hole in the nearest galaxy

i am waiting

to witness the hatching of a Bald Eagle in a 50 foot tall tree

i am waiting

to literally drink the Sun's warmth and eat moonbeams

i am waiting

to open an oyster with a pearl undiscovered

and i am waiting

for absolute freedom which comes from pure joy

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