Anticipation is something that happens to everyone in different shapes and forms. Although it may be different from person to person, anticipation is a part of people’s everyday lives. This is what anticipation is to me.
My poem starts out with. “How long until this wait will be complete- this long hearted stretch of pain and trial.” This in a way gives an idea about how nerve-racking waiting for something really is. I mean when something really important to you is coming up, it seems like the time just drags on forever. Because of the never-ending feeling, I ask myself when will this ever come to an end? The next two lines, “Like on your way home in a navy fleet- or the night before you walk the aisle” are two examples in life where anticipation may just overwhelm a person. They really help to set the tone and make you feel what is going on. When you are on your way home in a navy fleet, you’re normally just coming back from war, or some kind of situation where you might never see your family again. So, when you’re on your way home anticipation just fills you completely because you miss your family so much, and you can’t wait to see them again. The next line is about someone who is about to get married. Marriage is no easy thing at all. You are making a lifetime commitment to that person. Plus, for men especially, you are putting yourself in a position to care for someone other than yourself. Also if you ever wish to have a family some day, you have to be able to support them as well. So again, the anticipation of all of this can really get to a person.
The next four lines take a slight turn in direction. It shifts from you not being able to bear the weight of the anticipation, to someone stepping in and helping you. “Without the help of a brother or friend,” shows that you would have never been able to carry the burden by yourself. The poem then moves to the Parable of the Good Samaritan, which then shows that when all else fails, even the most unlikely person could change your life completely. But, there is a catch to it, the Samaritan extends his hand, but you have to be humble enough to take the hand and let the person help you.
After you have let friends, family, and maybe even some of the most unlikely people help you, you are eagerly back on your way. Your journey is moving much faster now, and you finally see your destination within reach. The moment that you have been waiting, striving for, and than you realize that you are not there at all. Your mind had played a trick on you, and the entire journey was just a dream.
My last line can give the poem two entirely different meanings. Both of my intended meanings begin with four crucial words in the last line that really encompass what the entire poem is trying to say. Those words are back to the start. What is the start that you wind back up at in the end of the poem? That start is what you would call a dream. You are back to the beginning, where it all started. You have a dream or a goal that you can depict all the way into the very last second. Something that you anticipate, strive for, and think about every single day. You are going to do whatever you can to get there, and it doesn’t matter how long it takes you. You also know that there may be rough times ahead, but as long as you humble yourself and learn to trust people like family, friends, and even unlikely people that God has put in your life, you will be able to reach that goal. But, for now, you are at the beginning and you must work hard and God will do the rest. The second meaning involves maybe not a passion or goal, but instead the liking or love of another person. It could be that you really like someone, and you know that they like you as well. But, there is something uncertain coming up in your life that you just don’t quite know how that one person will react. You wonder if this will really be able to work out if that slightly uncertain thing in the future really comes true. Unable to take the chance, you anticipate and wait until you know for sure what to do, but then, it may already be too late.
The point of my poem was to express what I feel like when I am anticipating something. I feel as if I am able to walk in the future, but just when I accomplish my task, I am shot back into the present. That is what anticipation is for me.
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