Login
|
Join PoetrySoup
Home
Submit Poems
Login
Sign Up
Member Home
My Poems
My Quotes
My Profile & Settings
My Inboxes
My Outboxes
Soup Mail
Contest Results/Status
Contests
Poems
Poets
Famous Poems
Famous Poets
Dictionary
Types of Poems
Videos
Resources
Syllable Counter
Articles
Forum
Blogs
Poem of the Day
New Poems
Anthology
Grammar Check
Greeting Card Maker
Classifieds
Quotes
Short Stories
Member Area
Member Home
My Profile and Settings
My Poems
My Quotes
My Short Stories
My Articles
My Comments Inboxes
My Comments Outboxes
Soup Mail
Poetry Contests
Contest Results/Status
Followers
Poems of Poets I Follow
Friend Builder
Soup Social
Poetry Forum
New/Upcoming Features
The Wall
Soup Facebook Page
Who is Online
Link to Us
Member Poems
Poems - Top 100 New
Poems - Top 100 All-Time
Poems - Best
Poems - by Topic
Poems - New (All)
Poems - New (PM)
Poems - New by Poet
Poems - Random
Poems - Read
Poems - Unread
Member Poets
Poets - Best New
Poets - New
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems Recent
Poets - Top 100 Community
Poets - Top 100 Contest
Famous Poems
Famous Poems - African American
Famous Poems - Best
Famous Poems - Classical
Famous Poems - English
Famous Poems - Haiku
Famous Poems - Love
Famous Poems - Short
Famous Poems - Top 100
Famous Poets
Famous Poets - Living
Famous Poets - Most Popular
Famous Poets - Top 100
Famous Poets - Best
Famous Poets - Women
Famous Poets - African American
Famous Poets - Beat
Famous Poets - Cinquain
Famous Poets - Classical
Famous Poets - English
Famous Poets - Haiku
Famous Poets - Hindi
Famous Poets - Jewish
Famous Poets - Love
Famous Poets - Metaphysical
Famous Poets - Modern
Famous Poets - Punjabi
Famous Poets - Romantic
Famous Poets - Spanish
Famous Poets - Suicidal
Famous Poets - Urdu
Famous Poets - War
Poetry Resources
Anagrams
Bible
Book Store
Character Counter
Cliché Finder
Poetry Clichés
Common Words
Copyright Information
Grammar
Grammar Checker
Homonym
Homophones
How to Write a Poem
Lyrics
Love Poem Generator
New Poetic Forms
Plagiarism Checker
Poetics
Poetry Art
Publishing
Random Word Generator
Spell Checker
Store
What is Good Poetry?
Word Counter
Email Poem
Your IP Address: 216.73.216.179
Your Email Address:
Required
Email Address Not Valid.
To Email Address:
Email Address Not Valid.
Required
Subject
Required
Personal Note:
Poem Title:
Poem
The rules are simple for those who are leaving Just forget all the sacred vows that you made The one that is waiting must keep on believing It's worth waiting and heartaches will someday fade Cruel words again spoken The door slams as he leaves once more Tears from her eyes flowing, her heart again broken As it has been so many times before She waits and she wonders; does he still love me? Does he still tell his heart he is mine? Will he soon forget me, enjoying his chance to be free? Or am I just the fool he left behind? Her poor heart is not meant for hating But she's so tired of being left behind She's growing so old while waiting Only sadness remains in her poor tortured mind While sleeping, she reaches out to touch his face calls his name, awakens and finds he's not there Only lonely darkness provides comforting grace and she cries out, God,why doesn't he care? Tossing and turning, another sleepless night Sunlight shining in tired swollen eyes She's still waiting, trying to make things right Still loving not forgetting, no matter how hard she tries Days turn to weeks, to months, then to years She's still waiting for him to return Waiting and watching through all of her tears Finally realizing she was the least of his concern All alone on her bed she lay, in a winter nights cold Friends hadn't seen her for such a long, long time Her waiting was finally over, and she felt so very old So many wasted years, it seems like a crime Many more of us who love will play the waiting game and the love in our hearts will always be pure Those who leave us who love them shall live in shame Yes, but the waiting game is over for her.....
CAPTCHA Preview
Type the characters you see in the picture
Required