Standby

Left on standby

Put on hold

Just waiting in the chilly cold

For a sign of hope…

You’re hanging from a rope

Of uncertainty and the silence is burning you.

the silence is strangling you

the silence is consuming you.

So much that it then becomes loud…

and the box of unheard thoughts

begin to overcrowd.

Cause your still there

left on standby

and in limbo town.

In motions, a troubled one at sea

will they be rescued or will they drown?

As irregular as the Magellanic clouds…

So you prepare yourself for the shroud.

And still… you remain there

Left on standby

Not yet knowing your own fate

Left on standby

Like a failed date.