waiting

i waited by the maple trees
right by where you said to meet
i sat down under branch and leaf
on top of winding root and littered seed

cold rain drops turn to full sheets
in an instant, like the sky lay weeping
not far away from my own feelings
would he leave me heart broken and reeling?

palable, my heartbeat
a poker hand of queens
i’m about to fold when, suddenly
finally, he shows up for me

better late than empty