I waited hard

 
 
 
 
I stood firm ashore
by the inland sea …
awaiting sign or word,
I had hoped,
of your love for me.
I waited long, I waited hard—
but for naught.
’Twould seem your plighted
fondness suffers
from dry rot.
Aft this longsome lingering,
finally I am free …
to fall in love
with someone else,
evidently.