The Eternal Wait

I was waiting in the lonely park,

Just beyond the banyan tree,

For a tryst in the desolate night,

Too jittery to breathe free.

I was waiting, I was yearning,

And keeping an eye on my watch,

It almost felt like a thousand years,

While a spasm began to catch.

Watching over the hedge,

I waited like a stone,

After a desperate wait,

I set off to my home.

In my heart I felt a void,

And I began to ponder,

Why, why didn’t she come?

Hence I started to wonder.

I couldn’t fathom, was it love?

No, it couldn’t be for it was over,

How could they say love was eternal?

But I knew I had to recover.

True, it may seem, that new days dawn,

And bitter memories die,

There’s fear but hope still,

As life goes by,

As life goes by.