I know I promised to wait
But days have come and gone
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Waiting may be simply honoring your own integrity. Moving on could free you to love a man whose integrity is worth honoring by waiting... We always lose when we don't honor ourselves.
The poem is written in a pensive mood which brings to fore the poet's agony at her promise to wait for someone who is just oblivious of her presence. Thanks. I quote: There are things left undone Things you said are missions