When “Our” Love Arrives

When “Our” Love Arrives

Three days and counting 

‘Till paradise strikes

Seventy-two hours worth waiting 

When all will be nice

That window of opportunity 

Presenting itself 

to seize the right moment 

And feel my heart melt

Two days of hoping

That the schedule’s secure

No appointment or obligation

Nor devilish detour

For the least little thing

Might interfere

And love will be kept waiting

Like a wrench in the gears 

One more day longing

A mere twenty-four

Like the day before Christmas

When she opens the drawer

That magical morning 

In the days of our lives

Each numbered and sacred

When Our Love Arrives

John Snelling

03:14:22