July 26, 2023


Previous update (June 12, 2023) is here. All poetry is here.

I loved, so I waited

I loved, so I waited.
Because anything great
Deserves time and effort.

And it wasn’t passive waiting,
More like caring for a plant
While we wait for it to bloom.

But this plant never bloomed.
Perhaps I waited too long to water it.
Or maybe that was never meant to be.

Maybe it was here to teach me
Care and patience, kindness and honesty,
Vulnerability, towards others and myself.

It is ok.
It is still adorable,
And I’m better because of it.

And besides,
Important things
Deserve our time and effort.

And I loved,
And I hoped,
So I waited.

And waited.
And waited.

This is a follow-up work to “I love, so I wait” published in the September 25, 2022 update.