I Will Wait For You

It’s been a long time

since I’ve seen you wear that sweet smile.

I can never forget those happy times we’ve shared;

your giggles and laughs that relieve my soul.

So, it pains me to know

that I’m one of the reasons why

you’re going through confusion now.

How I wish I could comfort you!

I know people are pressuring you,

injecting so many ideas that battle inside your mind.

It’s a choice between the man you’ve grown up with

and the man they want you to choose to grow old with.

I can’t promise you wealth and treasure,

neither a wonderful future free from trouble.

But this I know:

I have loved you with an everlasting love,

I am willing to endure any hardship for that love.

For it is my life; the wind that I breathe,

the blood that streams through my veins.

Love survives all tests so

I accept the trial that love has brought into our life.

I am giving you the freedom to choose: me, him or us.

Consider what would be the best for you

and the people around you.

I trust you and I know that you can weigh

between fairness and love for love is just.

So be true to your heart.

I assure you my respect whatever it will be.

I can suffer anything even if you choose him over me.

As long as you promise,

that you’ll always keep that sweet smile for me.

If there is anything I cannot do,

it is only to live without you.

So, as I go through a seeming endless waiting,

Trust me as I say, I’ll wait for you.

A Prosaic Poetry
Copyright 2010 by Arnel Syjuco Oroceo