let there be warning

[fledgist]

where waiting has not reached the end
a moment comes when one must pause
while yet we see the coming trend

this road will make a sudden bend
that thicket will hide hungry jaws
where waiting has not reached the end

the thing one cannot do's befriend
these creatures with the largest maws
while yet we see the coming trend

those lights there in the east portend
a dawn that comes without a pause
where waiting has not reached the end

the ones who lie will still pretend
that is opaque what's merest gauze
while yet we see the coming trend

no message comes unless we send
a herald who knows all the laws
where waiting has not reached the end
while yet we see the coming trend