"I Sit Lonely, Quietly, Waiting"

I sit lonely, quietly, waiting
For those that left me to come back
Not being a patient person I don't handle it well
What to do now that they are gone
I didn't really want them to leave, they just did
All I can do is wait, wait for them to take me back
I think of the poster I once read
It was hanging on the door of a bathroom
So I had plenty of time to study it
'If you love them set them free
If they come back to you, they are yours
If they don't, they never were'
That is what I have done to all of them
They are all free, and I wait for their return
I sit and wait doing anything not to think about it
How long can I do this
What have I done so horribly wrong
Please please let them come back soon
One at a time they all shall arrive
Appologizing for staying away so long
It is not their pleading that makes me glad
As much as it is my friends
That have all come back to me
After I sat, lonely, quietly, waiting
-ET 1995

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