THE WAIT

FOR HE SHALL RETURN
HE HAS GONE AWAY
VISITING A FOREIGN LAND.
I REMEMBER SHAKING HIS HAND.

I ASKED HIM TO STAY
BUT HE HAD HIS PLAN

I STOOD AND WATCHED
UNABLE TO MOVE
MY FRIENDS BECKONED TO ME
BUT I REFUSED

HE SHALL RETURN IN
JUST A LITTLE WHILE
OUR LIFE WILL GO ON
YOU'LL SEE, I SMILED

BUT DAY TURNED INTO NIGHT
AGAIN AND AGAIN

YET I STOOD MY GROUND
FOR HE SHALL RETURN IN A LITTLE WHILE

I GLANCED IN THE MIRROR
AND WONDERED WHO IT WAS
THAT LOOKED BACK AT ME

A PERSON I ONCE KNEW
 BUT YET HER HAIR IS GREY AND THIN
AND THE FACE THAT ONCE SHOWN SO BRIGHT;
NOW HAD DULLED IT'S SIGHT

BUT STILL I WAITED
FOR HE SAID I WILL RETURN AGAIN FOR YOU

THEN IN THE EARLY DAWN
WITH STILLNESS IN THE MORN
A COACH IN SPLENDID 'DORN
PULLED UP BESIDES MY DOOR

IT WAS THEN MY WATCH
WAS DONE, FOR MY LOVE HAD COME.

                                                                          ROSE ANN PROCOPIO
                                                                                     2012