Someday

By Kristine Bernadette Cruz

You asked for patience and I gave it to you
My love and respect, I provided them, too.
You asked me to wait for you and your love
I promised I would; what choice did I have?
“Someday,” you said, someday I’ll see
When we’re together how much you love me

So I sat and I waited day after day
For you and your love to at last come my way.
For the promises and dreams you instilled in my heart
To come true, to pass, and to never fall apart

But with each day that passes, you drift further away
And I sit here knowing I’ll never see someday

My dreams remain broken upon distant shores
My soul never stops crying, but my heart remains yours;
My love and respect, you’ll have them forever
Even now that I know that someday is never.