Waiting for a Friend

This is not a happy face.

This is not a happy woman.

She is waiting for a friend.

Who is this friend?

We do not know.

Malcolm T. Liepke, USA, “Waiting for a Friend” 2012

It could be a close friend to whom she is going to confess a problem, something that makes her unhappy and ask for help, for support.

It could be her ex-partner, who wanted to meet her. She does not know why, and this makes her tense. Seeing him again is making her anxious. The separation was a difficult one. Every separation is difficult.

It is the waiting that is insufferable.

It is the counting down of time.