Waiting Poems

Published: December 2017

One famous historical book says, "expectation postponed is making the heart sick". Those wise words have proven true time and again for many. Many people wait their whole lives for things that are difficult to come across, like true love or exceptional secular opportunities.

Unfortunately, some things, like finding a soulmate, do not necessarily happen when one would like. Often, the wait can become frustrating, causing sadness, anger and other negative feelings.

One way to combat such feelings is to read the poetry of others who have experienced similar emotions.

16 Waiting Poems - On The Difficulty Of Waiting

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1. In Good Time...
- By Abimbola T. Alabi
- Published: February 2019
A Poem About Waiting Well

in Hope Poems

Life can seem an endless maze,
The twists and turns, lulls and delays,
But things always fall into place...
In good time.

Life can seem an endless maze,
The twists and turns, lulls and delays,
But things always fall into place...
In good time.

Friends will sometimes go away.
Some may disappoint or others betray,
But new ones will come to stay...
In good time.

The hurt of getting something wrong,
And the lesson it often brings along
Are there, you see, to make you strong...
In good time.

Kindness freely given away,
Unnoticed now, will somehow find its way
Back to you and come to stay...
In good time.

Efforts seem not to pay to plan?
Forge on friend, doing the best you can.
Fortune will find the deserving man...
In good time.

Life can be tough, there's no doubt,
But hope is the thing we can't do without.
Right things with joy will come about...
In good time.
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2. Sometimes I Get Lonely
- By Emily B
- Published: March 2015
Poem About Waiting For The Phone To Ring

in Poems about Sadness

Sometimes I get lonely
Instagram, Twitter, Facebook
Always connecting but not connected

Sometimes I get lonely
Instagram, Twitter, Facebook
Always connecting but not connected

Sometimes I get lonely
Looking to the future
Forgetting to be in the present

Sometimes I get lonely
Thinking someday, one day
Never thinking right here, right now

Sometimes I get lonely
Phone's on, WiFi's up
Waiting for it to buzz

Sometimes I get lonely
Just waiting...
Always waiting...
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3. Life Will Bloom When It Is Ready
- By Vic Lejon
- Published: March 18, 2021
in Life Lesson Poems

I keep pulling
on my roots
urging them to grow
impatient for the bloom

I keep pulling
on my roots
urging them to grow
impatient for the bloom
and the sunshine
and the growth
but it doesn’t work like that
tears flow, soil drenches and dries
there have to be some slower days
some rainfall, even snow
—life will bloom when it is ready

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4. Waiting
- By Annette R. Hershey
- Published: June 2017
Poem About Waiting For The One You Love

in Lonely Poems

Imagine the sun sinking
and dim turns to dark.
The silence that surrounds you,
the shadows that make their mark.

Imagine the sun sinking
and dim turns to dark.
The silence that surrounds you,
the shadows that make their mark.
You wander around aimlessly,
too much time can be total hell.
Your heart hardened from waiting,
breaks with the bong of the clock's bell.
The clouds, they mask the moonlight,
The mirror, it mimics your pain.
You sit and sigh and close your eyes
and hear the repetition of the rain.

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5. Darkness Befalls
- By Amorita Maharaj
- Published: May 2008
Poem About Waiting For Light To Shine Through

in Poems about Sadness

Gliding deep into the forest
Darkness covers me like a blanket
And the mist surrounding me
I feel like there's no way to flee

Gliding deep into the forest
Darkness covers me like a blanket
And the mist surrounding me
I feel like there's no way to flee

I look beyond the broad horizon
See the moon shine over the sea
Like the ocean's filled with sadness
I run, stumble, and try to break free

The path encloses and I'm shattered
Tears of rain encumbers me
Darkness embraces me like a child
Now I wait for him to let me be
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6. The Pain Of Missing You
- By Jessica Velez
- Published: November 2009
Poem About Waiting For Missing Children

in Missing You Poems

I never knew a broken heart could keep on breaking.
You keep on sending your love, but no one's there to take it.
Rivers of tears keep a steady flow...
But no one's there to know.

I never knew a broken heart could keep on breaking.
You keep on sending your love, but no one's there to take it.
Rivers of tears keep a steady flow...
But no one's there to know.
It's you, you whom I want to know.
You whom I want to see...
All of what I think and feel, it's you I want here with me.
Not a day goes by without wishing for a hug, a kiss, a laugh, a cry...
For soothing hurts, tucking you into bed, or just a simple touch.
Not a night goes by I don't miss you so....much!
Or my heart doesn't break just a lil' bit more.
Shards turned to ice, constantly falling to the floor.
I don't believe in God, but still I pray
That somehow, someday
You'll be back in my life
For always and forever
And I'll never let you go again
Never!

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7. Patiently Waiting
- By James Richmond Jr.
- Published: October 2013
Poems About Waiting For Someone You Love To Come Home

in Long Distance Poems

My heart is set on that glorious day
When your work is done and you're home to stay.
I'll be waiting right here, with open arms.
To hold you close and keep you warm.

My heart is set on that glorious day
When your work is done and you're home to stay.
I'll be waiting right here, with open arms.
To hold you close and keep you warm.
I'll squeeze you gentle but hold you tight.
And kiss you all over when the time is right.
I'll express my love, so you know it's true.
There's nothing on earth I would not do for you
Because you're the one, you're one-of a kind.
I'm proud to be able to call you mine.
What a expression on your face,
When I pulled the ring out of the case.
And I took your hand, then dropped to my knees.
And said honey please, will you marry me?
Like wind in wildfire, my love is spreading fast,
Growing stronger and stronger, as each day continue to pass.
I've waited very patiently, but now you're home.
Let's make up the time that you were gone.
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8. Waiting For My Dad
- By Amy
- Published: August 2009
Poem About Not Waiting Any More For Parents Love

in Anger Poems

I sit alone in the darkness
Waiting...
Waiting for him to come back to me.
Can he hear my cries?

I sit alone in the darkness
Waiting...
Waiting for him to come back to me.
Can he hear my cries?
Can he feel my tears?
Can he sense my breaking heart?
God only knows such a fact.
How can this be that he can't see me?
Is it because I'm sitting alone in the darkness?
I just walk past everyone as if I were invisible.
Can he see me now?
Can he see the pain he's caused me?
Or does he look past it?
I think I should move on,
But something tells me to wait.
It's my heart.
I'll give him one more chance
He needs to prove his love to me.
As I return to sit alone in the darkness...
Waiting.
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9. Silence
- By Lucy Blackmur
- Published: March 2015
Poem About Waiting In Uncomfortable Silence

in Alone Poems

Enveloping the room,
Leaving everybody isolated.
Nothing to do, nothing to say,
Just silence.

Enveloping the room,
Leaving everybody isolated.
Nothing to do, nothing to say,
Just silence.

Leaving an uncomfortable feeling,
With even those you are closest to.
So close to talking,
Yet so far.
Just silence.

Cold, dark, and alone,
Your feelings bottled up.
Your thoughts screaming to get out,
Wrapped up in your own world.
Inconsolable and suffering,
Just silence.

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10. Waiting For My Daddy
- By Sarah R.Ramsey
- Published: August 2009
in Hurting Poems by Teens

I sat there and waited
Never left the porch
But you never showed
It's like you burned my heart with a torch

I sat there and waited
Never left the porch
But you never showed
It's like you burned my heart with a torch
I was depressed
I wasn't very happy
I didn't hop and dance
Like I did when I called you Daddy
I don't anymore because you stopped being one to me
You stopped calling
And I started bawling out tears
When I finally went inside
I went on my bed and cried
Every day I waited for you to knock on the door
For you to come back home
And when you finally did...
I didn't love you anymore
You waited too long
So I don't trust you anymore
You look at me furiously
But why should I trust you
Because when I did...
You lied.
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11. Waiting For Truth
- By Lilli Janzen
- Published: August 2016
Poem About Waiting For Answers And Living With Questions

in Fear Poems

Wait, you say, but I want to know.
Wait, you say, but it's just so slow.
Do I need to live with the questions
Or simply wait for your confession?

Wait, you say, but I want to know.
Wait, you say, but it's just so slow.
Do I need to live with the questions
Or simply wait for your confession?

Who are you really in your mind?
Is it the key I need to find?
Do I accurately read your face,
Or is your grin quite out of place?

These answers won't just come too soon,
And I just wonder how many moons.
You'll keep me deeply in suspense,
Inviting questions more intense.

You have your reasons, I can tell
But waiting seems a living hell.
But I'm afraid to know the truth,
And knowing this I feel abused.

I know that rushing does no good,
And patience just may prove it would
Help me live with the unknown
Until the truth will then be known.

But truth arrives with revelation
That makes us contemplate our station.
Sometimes it's better just to wait
Till we are fit to change our state.

May Spirit help us in our quest
To hear and understand the rest.
Once we are clear to know the truth
Life will advance and be more smooth.
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12. My Ritual
- By Donna Jozwiak
- Published: June 2011
Poem About Waiting For Sleep

in Mental Illness Poems

In the early hours,
As most should be sleeping,
I sit in our bedroom window and perform a ritual.
Smoking a cigarette, wrapped tightly in a blanket,

In the early hours,
As most should be sleeping,
I sit in our bedroom window and perform a ritual.
Smoking a cigarette, wrapped tightly in a blanket,
I watch.
I watch you toss and turn, breathing heavily, in and out.
I imagine your dreams, your tremors.
I'm careful not to wake you.
Sometimes I walk over to you and touch your hair,
And pray that it is not me that keeps you here in this prison.
The anxiousness shows, reflected even as you sleep,
Worries too heavy for you to even confess to me.
You sleep on, albeit fitfully,
Not aware of my nightly ritual of watching you.
Careful not to disturb...
While you try with all your subconscious might,
To dream away losing me,
To dream away the certainty of my death.
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13. Can He See Me?
- By Marian Shapcott
- Published: June 2011
Waiting For Death Husband In A Vegetative State

in Sickness Poems

Can he see me?
Can he hear me?
Does he know I'm there?
When I am standing at his bedside or sitting in a chair.

Can he see me?
Can he hear me?
Does he know I'm there?
When I am standing at his bedside or sitting in a chair.
My friends tell me to move on with my life,
but it is so hard
when I am still his wife.
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14. Better Dead
- By Mike
- Published: February 2011
Poem About Waiting For Relief From Pain

in Depression Poems

I'm so torn as I sit alone in a lifeless jumble of secret thoughts,
Wanting to end this bitter pain for some relief,
Even momentarily.
It won't subside,

I'm so torn as I sit alone in a lifeless jumble of secret thoughts,
Wanting to end this bitter pain for some relief,
Even momentarily.
It won't subside,
This negative force that breaks my heart and kills my joy.
Feeling sorry with useless tears,
Are nights long gone,
The visceral truth is lain bare.

Fear is the only motivation to carry on this cowardly charade,
Isolation,
The only option not to scare the world.
Not able to grasp at the offer of life,
No longer able to play the optimist.
I will surely sink and wither away,
Perhaps that's the way to go,
Sink into the depths of despair,
Drown in the uselessness of it all.
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15. Waiting Out A Relationship
- By Chrystal Starkey
- Published: April 2008
in Breaking Up Poems

You said that you loved me
And I said that I loved you.
We are not together anymore
But boy I wish we were....

You said that you loved me
And I said that I loved you.
We are not together anymore
But boy I wish we were.
Because its killing me now.

My heart is falling apart,
I don't know what to do
All I can do is think about you.

I asked you not to get attach with another girl,
but it looks like you already started to.
My mind is telling me to go left,
but my heart is saying to go right.
And it's all confusing me to.

You told me two years ago that your heart
belongs to me and mine belongs to you.
But the real question is will that ever be true?

We let things get in our way,
we let people get between us,
and now I wish that it wasn't that way.
All we can do now is wait and see what happens.
But the question is, will I ever be able to wait for you?
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16. Waiting For Your Return
- By Charlene Khuah
- Published: June 2010
Poem About Waiting For Boyfriend In Jail

in Lonely Poems

never did you tell me
you were leaving me.

left me in one month,

never did you tell me
you were leaving me.

left me in one month,
waited for months.

alone sitting in this room,
so dark.
so alone.

crying my heart out
while waiting,
waiting for your return.

hoping you could feel
the tears that come down,
hoping you could see
my shattered heart.

sewing every piece back
never leaving me
without telling me
once more.

hoping for your quick return,
bringing us back together
once more.
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Waiting Poems

16 Waiting Poems - On The Difficulty Of Waiting

1. In Good Time...

2. Sometimes I Get Lonely

3. Life Will Bloom When It Is Ready

4. Waiting

5. Darkness Befalls

6. The Pain Of Missing You

7. Patiently Waiting

8. Waiting For My Dad

9. Silence

10. Waiting For My Daddy

11. Waiting For Truth

12. My Ritual

13. Can He See Me?

14. Better Dead

15. Waiting Out A Relationship

16. Waiting For Your Return