Key to Love

A life of waiting, wondering
When will be my turn?
My time for love and happiness.
Everyday questioning, too much
Time spent with the wrong one.

And finally facing facts,
This is not your time.
Be still and wait.
And in the heart's silence
I found my lost self.

My identity not formed
By anyone else. Me.
Peace and happiness
Seeped in.

And as my contentment grew
I thought not on love gone.
And turned to see
The one I had hoped for,
The one I knew was right.

And I thought on the past,
Had I not released it
The present wonder could
Never have been.

Love found me when
I no longer sought it.
And peace and happiness
I retain.