Anticipation

Anticipation is being in a space

You are not actually in.

It’s thinking ahead of yourself,

In a sense it’s

An imaginative expectation

Of events

Good or bad

Depending on your bent.

It’s the build up

Before something actually occurs

A place we go

So we won’t get hurt

It’s “all in our head’ stuff

That tries to steer the ship

It can land hard

When the actual event

Doesn’t match our mind’s eye

It can make butterflies dance

When we wish they would fly.

We anticipate our performance

Or a trip with a friend

We anticipate a meeting,

And how it might end.

Anticipation keeps us going

And coming back for more

It’s the wonder or the dread

Of what might be in store.

So sometimes it’s good

And sometimes bad

But it’s a part of life

that we all have had

So when it tries

To steal the show

I’ll use these words

To make it go

This is the day

Which The Lord has made

This is the day

Where I am going to stay.

Psalm118:24

“ This is the day the Lord has made.

We will rejoice and be glad in it.”