STILL STOOD BY

You watched me,

As I stood at the bus stop,

Silently hoping,

That I would ask for directions,

Or maybe
even,

A simple nod of my head,

To acknowledge your presence,

And I did no such thing,

But you patiently,

STILL STOOD BY.

You watched me,

As I stretched out my hand,

Forcefully restraining yourself,

From holding out yours,

Lest I feel coerced,

Into making that choice,

That choice that would forever,

Change everything.

But my gesture was to hail down a bus,

And for sure it did stop,

And I got onto,

Without looking back,

But you patiently,

STILL STOOD BY.

You watched me,

As I went and sat down,

I sat down by the window,

And smiled at you,

But I couldn't get off the bus,

I was going somewhere,

Travelling down the same road,

That always brought me back to you,

Always with tears in my eyes,

And it hurt you to watch me go,

But you patiently,

STILL STOOD BY.

You watched me,

As I came back,

With tears welling up,

And a heart filled with pain,

And you held me,

And gave me a shoulder to cry on,

And promised that you'd always be there,

But in your promise,

I heard a duty,

The duty of a friend,

And I failed,

To see the love in your eyes,

But you patiently,

STILL STOOD BY.

And now I’m back at the bus stop,

Talk of a rat race!

Insanity apparently,

That’s its definition,

Doing the same thing,

Over and over again,

And expecting a different outcome.

And I board the bus,

And as I’m about to smile at you,

I see it in your eyes again,

What I had been missing all along,

And the bus takes off again.

Then I realize it,

This cannot be my journey,

For what I've been looking for,

At the end of the road,

Is what I’d been ignoring,

At the beginning of the journey,

You patiently,

STILL STANDING BY!