Without

Today we are without...

I do not like to wait…
In grocery store lines,
On traffic filled highways,
At airport check-ins,
But, today we wait.

We wait with no cause
We wait all alone
We wait scared and numb
Our existence breaks
And we are without…

We are strings without guitar;
Song without singer;
Symphony without conductor.

We are theory without scientist;
Equation without mathematician;
Project without engineer.

We are students without teacher;
Classroom without professor;
School without principal.

We are an order without a soldier;
A badge without an officer;
An accident without an E.M.T.

We are illness without doctor;
Disease without therapist;
Cavity without dentist.

We are a play without an actor,
A painting without an artist,
A poem without a poet.

We are a field without a farmer
Sheep without the Shepherd
Branches without the Vine.

We are the body without the head;
The Church without the Christ;
The Universe without its Savior.

We are without…
Without purpose and,
Without direction;
Without feeling and
Without affection.

Today we’re without,
And so we must wait,
Wait with a semblance,
A sliver of hope.
Wait outside the tomb.