I waited
by Raj Arumugam
I waited
sweetheart
and I have waited
but you have not come
I waited early
and I waited past
through the retreating light
and the late hours of the night
but you did not come
O I have waited
all eternity
but you are not
to be seen
I have searched after
at all the places
we met and where we picked flowers
and I searched past the hills where
we lay and dreamed of lives
and exchanged hopes and desires
and I walked in the paths and ways
and in the shade below the trees
but nowhere
sweetheart
you are nowhere to be seen
O I have waited
all eternity
but you are
still not come
though the moon glows
and the sun shines in its time
and the flowers bloom
and all things happen in nature’s march
you, sweetheart,
you are not to be seen
you do not come
Copyright ©: Raj Arumugam
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The End
And that’s the End of the Poem
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