Dragging Feet

This is the poem I wrote about waiting...



waiting is hard for me
I have always waited
waited for equality
with my brothers/sisters
waited for respect
in my world
waited for pride
in myself
I have always waited
quietly , thinking/knowing
that change would came
but as I waited others too
waited
so no change came
nor would she come
drifting down from
some waiting place
change had to be called
summoned, ordered
to come
So I now demand
equality with all
respect from all
and pride for myself
it is hard for me to demand
but I'm demanding because
waiting only wastes time.