She is simply waiting for death to come and take her.
She chose not to wait for death, only to find that it seems to have followed her.
The old man could do nothing but wait for death.
And all the time my eyes watched the man behind the desk waiting for death to reach out.
But as time goes on, he sees people everywhere who are waiting for death that will not come.
They had waited for death together one summer's night ten years before.
So we are quite helpless, and can only wait for death.
It's either that or sit around and wait for death.
These last months in which I am waiting for death seem much longer than the whole of my life.
And yet there is more to life than merely waiting for death.