A Promise Unfulfilled...

Walking along the waterline, he waited for her,
She had told him that she’d be there,
And he had only to believe in her,
And wait for her, which he did.

He knew, not hoped, that she would keep her word,
She had always done in the past, without an exception,
Even if she was half way around the world,
She had been by his side, when he needed her.

And he had always wanted her, by his side.
In joy and sorrow, he had wanted her company,
For she was not merely his better half,
She was his breath, she was indeed him.

And now, she wasn’t there, he was all alone,
He believed she could get to him, no matter where she was,
More than anything else, she had promised she would,
And she had never gone back on her words, never before.

And now she wasn’t there, leaving him alone,
She had abandoned him forever,
But he lay in wait, believing that she would come
To fulfil the promise she had made to him.

Summers and winters have passed over and over,
The tide has ebbed and flowed over the sandy shores,
Waves might have eroded his footsteps; time may have withered him,
But her promise to him stays alive in his heart forever...