Aaron J. Lockard

Aaron J. Lockard is one of the winners of the Spring Poetry Competition!

Below is Aaron’s poetry that won the Spring Poetry Competition.

Waiting

My dear, I wish you were here
To see this wonderous day
This beautiful mirror
Of God’s wonderful way

The flowers, the birds, the trees
Are all in bloom
The air is full of humming bees
I feel cooped up in my room

So outside I go, with you on my mind
Every day I wake, I find I love you all the more
The way you speak to us all is so kind
And when you walk out that door

Tossing your hair over your shoulder
In such a casual way
You don’t know how much I value that shining smile,
How often I ask our God “When? When can I hold her?”
Over my heart you hold sway
I hope you do not it revile

I want you to know
Exactly how much I love you
I have hidden it away from you, but sometimes I wonder if you really do know
I assure you, my heart is true. True as the greenery all around, true as a birdsong too

Though my aim be off
And my dreams— Well, perhaps they’re silly; and away they will waft
And burn up like old, wooden beams

But I hope they don’t
I’ll see you again next spring
Let my love for you fade? I won’t.
In any case His praises shall ring

And I will be here waiting for you
for you to come home
Free from all this, and you’ll be healing
I wonder as I walk among the flowers,
Are you waiting for me too?
I suppose I will find out when you come home among the flowers and the budding trees I will be sitting.

In the midst of sweet beauty and a cool wind, among which you belong
The new leaves, all sweet and soft and green
Among the trees, tall and strong
Perhaps then, then, into each other we can lean

But until then, I shall be here waiting
Waiting for you