By Abe
Date: 28 December 2000

Patience

Dear God please grant me patience
Don't know how much longer I can wait
For my love still lives so far from me
and I feel that it may be too late

I am frustrated and bitter
Resenting of my choice
Resenting her, resenting me
The lack of conviction in my voice

Yes I love her very much
I love her with all my heart
But I can't stand the times
when we are apart

She says that soon we will be together
She says that soon we will be as one
But soon is not soon enough
Will that day ever come?

I need my love to come to me
So that we may take our love higher
She means the world to me
She evokes in me such desire

My bitterness brings me guilt
My resentment brings me shame
But worst of all is the fact
That it's something I can't contain

I need her with me
My feelings so hard to convey
Do I have the strength
To wait until that day?

I fear that our love may die
Because of my impatience
Don't know how much longer I can wait
Dear God please grant me patience
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