and so I wait (rewrite 1)

all my life

I've been learning to stand in line

begging for crumbs

that others have left behind

hoping that life

does not crush me in two

but now I'm done

I don't know what to do

          and so I wait

          for something I know is mine

          and so I wait

          for something I'll never find

I have hoped

that the truth will set me free

all I have

are these lies inside of me

that were told to me

so very long ago

now I'm looking around

for something else to know

          and so I wait

          for something I've left behind

          and so I wait

          for something I'll never find