When She Stops Waiting

I’ve spent some time in quiet thought

Tracing the path that our hearts have wrought

What once felt light, so easy and free

Now asks for more than it’s meant to be

I once was fine with fleeting nights

No need for vows, no need for rights

But something’s changed, I feel it now

A pull too strong to disavow

I seek a love that stands alone

A heart to claim me as its own

And though you shine in ways so true

I know that’s not the road for you

So I will go, though it brings me pain

Not out of loss, nor love in vain

But to protect the hope in me

That I’ll be chosen, wholly, free

And one day, someone will take my hand

See all I am and understand

They’ll hold me close, they’ll never stray

And you’ll realize what you gave away