Waiting for a Lifetime

Waiting for a diaper
when things are helpless
For a bottle
in the giddy giggling time
For my mom
to come and tuck me in
For my friends
to talk into the dark
For my dog, when he was lost
and I was scared

For puberty and hair
where hair's supposed to be
For adolescence
not knowing what it is
For a date, that wouldn't keep me
on the edge
For adolescence to get over
will it ever?
For someone to tell me
it'll be okay, someday

For a job, that's half as good
as Charlie's
For friends to call, finding the phone
is off the hook
For someone to love
anyone with breasts will do
For marriage
to take away my lonliness
For divorce
to take everything that's left

For the end of the month
this one's been a bitch
For the first of the next
to see if things smooth out
For the last car payment
they never seem to end
For the next new car
another payment book
For happiness, knowing it's not
a time or place

For understanding, the real thing
For the real me
For quiet time
so I can get a handle on it all
For life
to explain itself somehow
For death
it needs no explanation
Forever