I Can Wait

By Dewayne Allday

I could love a hundred, or I will love the one.

The past is a darkness reversed, yet not undone.

Time breaks beating hearts, yet time also repairs.

It heals the hard heart that’s weary of despair.

The dark rain clouds float by as I let them all go.

Sweet scents swirl around me and opportunities follow.

Summer kisses winter months ‘tis the seasons of change.

How I long for that day when this heart is un-caged.

I can wait for her because yesterday I did not.

The past mistakes of life have traversed these old knots.

I can wait because age and patience grows wise -

I’ve read my own book and there will be no more cries.

A hundred to one, no - two lovers become one.

The clouds soon depart exposing the sun.

And the smiles of friendship, a lifetime forever,

Laughing together, through storms and good weather.

I can wait, I will wait, I am waiting.