How Long Is Forever Poem by Doris Cornago

How Long Is Forever

Rating: 5.0


I know I promised to wait

But days have come and gone

So many leaves have fallen

And the branches are bare...


You said you love me but

There are things left undone

Things you said are missions

To worlds yet forming or unknown...


Soon the branches will dry

As this heart losing grip on a

Promise to wait until you are

Ready to come home...so tell me...

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
This is an ongoing quandary of the writer - to wait or move on.She knows that the only way to deal with reality is to be involved in it. She needed to take a long hard look at facts and make a decision. Right now, she is refusing to face up to facts and thus, prolongs the agony. There is a promise given, and she wants to keep that promise so badly.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Rajnish Manga 07 July 2016

The poem is written in a pensive mood which brings to fore the poet's agony at her promise to wait for someone who is just oblivious of her presence. Thanks. I quote: There are things left undone Things you said are missions

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Brian Johnston 05 December 2013

Waiting may be simply honoring your own integrity. Moving on could free you to love a man whose integrity is worth honoring by waiting... We always lose when we don't honor ourselves.

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