Cross Roads

AFTER A DAY OF WAITING

     All day long I waited—waited with soul aflame—
     And then through the still of evening, humming a
        tune, you came;
     Came with a jest on your smiling lips, and eyes that
        were all too gay;
     And the light died out of my waiting heart with the
        words that I could not say.

     We laughed through the star-flecked twilight—what
        though my laugh was strained?
     You, who were there beside me, laughed with a mirth
        unfeigned!
     And at last when I bade you leave me you went, and
        you never knew
     That with soul aflame I had waited, all through the
        day, for you.