WAITING

He was waiting

for the computer to boot up,

but he was also waiting

for wide-open ideas,

and for the wildness

of letting in

whatever ideas come.

The computer will come alive

when it wants to,

but ideas bring their insights

second by second,

and he needs to know

how to hold the doors open

and help them come in.

Ideas don’t stay

unless we welcome them,

so his arms are always open,

even as the computer

is calling his name

with its promising wisdom.