There's a distance between the promise and its manifestation.

My turn

I'm holding my bowl

As I stand in the queue

Sometimes I try to peer ahead but my neck always hurts

Turns out, I can't see the future

So I have to keep telling myself, "Wait for your turn"

Or "Your turn is coming"

They say you can't wait idle

That's why I'm writing these poems

I gotta trust that one day, it'll be my turn

Even when I don't know when 'my turn will be

Waiting is a gift from God.