Counting the Days

We make some plans and count the days

Until the date is nigh,

Which sometimes comes so fast we wonder

How the time slipped by.

 

Yet other times, impatiently,

We wait and wait and wait

And it seems like forever ‘til

That long-awaited date.

 

When something’s on the calendar

We long for or we dread,

We can’t do more than count the days

And wait for what’s ahead.