So Close, and yet So Far

Your breathing gets laboured
You stare at your watch
And as your vision gets blurred
You feel there's a catch

For the wait is murder
You feel the numbing pain
It's worse cos you're the sufferer
And you wait to see if you gain

With held breaths
And laboured steps
You trudge slowly
And yet you want it over quickly

Your heart is on overdrive
As it beats wildly
You wonder if you can survive
This feeling, is it for eternity?

Questions are asked
You yearn for an answer
Hoping it will be the one you want
And the adrenaline rushes faster

The painful wait is torturous
Seconds are like years
And hope keeps you adventurous
You know you have your chances

No matter how slim the chance
You take it with hope
As you wait, your heart will dance
You wonder if it can cope

The emotional stress intensifies
Answers have finally arrived
Will the answers justify
The hope that has until now survived ?

The answers slip through the brain
Yet the mind has not received it
It anxiously waits withstanding the pain
Of waiting that tears it bit by bit

The message is delivered finally
It seems like a total eternity
The placid face breaks into a SMILEY =)
It is just as you hoped it would be

Euphoria rushes throughout your being
Waves of relief crash over the sands of despair
And you are finally seeing
The answer about that which you oh so care

The answer is a joyous one
And you cant help but grin
Your face radiant as the sun
You yell, "It's in the bag!.. It's in!!"

That is only one part
Of a story yet to be told
What about the story that can crush a heart?
Read on, don't fear, be bold

The message is sent across
The mind receives it
Your heart is at a loss
You failed to achieve it

The hope that once was
Is now no more
Tucked away in a remote cabinet labeled "IT WAS"
And the waves of hope crash no more on the shore

But what can you do
You ask "Is it too late?"
Simply put, it never is too late, NO!
For only you can change your own fate

Believe, and persevere
Fan the flames of hope
Ensure that you heart is always sincere
And everything will be in your scope

To never give up
To never give in
Hope one day to hold the cup
To achieve victory, to finally win!

Hopes and dreams never die
If you need to, wish on a falling star
Put your heart and soul into it, you will touch the sky
And you never have to say, "So Close, and yet So Far"

JoNamasoo
11/3/2009
1.37 am