The Thrill Of Waiting Comments

Yes, your absence was being felt, and here you are with wonderful comments, thanks Dr Swain.

Yes, you're right dear poet, and thanks for visiting my poem.

Last line, Today's poems are almost prose, rather verbose. A real poem happens in-between the lines where the poet has left something unsaid. One is waiting, he or she, for the love interest. The thrill in waiting, the build up of expectations... and he/she arrives, , obviously, the joy should reach the crest. But the poet says, it is nothing compared to the thrill of waiting. It is the journey v/s destination dilemma.

I don't know what gives you this doubt. The word there is gate, and not gait (galloping or otherwise) ...

Thanks dear AR for reading and liking it.

Yes, 'when you are dying and the ambulance is late', that also is anxious wait, I liked that, thank you, Ravi Kopra.

Yes, 'When you are dying and the ambulance is late', that too is anxious waiting, I liked that Ravi Kopra.

You're right, Philo Yan, it is the same thing: journey is always more exciting than arrival at the destination, as is foreplay than actual love-making, and the like.

Thank you, Mahtab Bangalee, you're poetic in your feedback most often as I see

I know perhaps what you mean Dr Antony. What happens to the excitement of a dream when it ends and we are face to face with reality? Thanks.

You're right, Akhtar Jawad. As to Krishna, the excitement was perhaps more when His birth was awaited, not later.

Yes, to wait and wait, Till the truth stares at the gate! Thank you Edward Louis.

Amazing! The variety of interpretations of the poem, some of which I never conceived whilst writing the piece. Thank you Bharati Nayak, and oh to be unique.

Yes, while we wait we often build up a lot of expectations, but once we meet, it is a fait accompli, what you see is what you get, no more. Thanks Mohammed Nehal.

Thank you Valsa George, and yes, after the meeting the same thrill is not there. The same thing happens with the journey and on reaching the destination, and on 'becoming' than on 'being' if I may add.

Thank you Rose Marie, I fully agree with your observations on waiting. But one thing, the context of the poem is 'she', but it is true for waiting for anything.

It is like journey. It has more thrills of expectations than the reality of destination. Thank you.