Anticipation

The heart beats faster,
The mind races ahead,
The body sweats it out,
When you're waiting for it to come,
All you can do is wait.

Anticipation tears at me,
Biting away my confidence,
I watch the clock,
Every tick, every tock,
Knowing daybreak will bring,
Joy or suffering.

Come what may,
Pleasure or dismay,
What tomorrow may bring,
Still I hope to sing,
For it will be the day that the Lord has made,
I will rejoice and be glad in it.