There Is No Time to Waste

Hecate showed up at the Jumpstart writing group today.  The prompt: There Is No Time to Waste

Life in Limbo.
Sitting at Hecate's crossroads,
Looking down one road, then the other.
No decision made.
No direction determined.
Only waiting.
Only time to waste.

Meditating on the passage of time,
On the road traversed until now,
On what might be.
Breathe in, breathe out.
Only waiting.
Only time to waste.

Watching the crows soar overhead,
Parents calling caution to their babies,
Families flying together to a stunted tree.
Only waiting.
Only time to waste.

I look for Hecate to show.
it is, after all, her crossroads.
But she seldom appears in daylight.
Night is her time.
Only waiting.
Only time to waste.

Regardless -
The wrinkles on my forehead deepen,
My gray hair turns white.
I look to my dreams.
Even the waiting matters.
There is no time to waste.