Long enough ...

I have loved someone long enough -
to forgive any bad thing that he does;
for i have known him long enough -
to know what he did he had done out of love, not lust;
I have nursed a hope long enough -
that one day, on the same path, friends would be cast;
i have cherished a dream long enough -
to wait for it to take shape, and materialise, at last ...
I have realised what i know i must:
that i'll still my life place in his trust;
i have tasted life long enough -
to know that only memories'll last:
When dreams are ground into dust,
and feelings are in moulds of iron cast;
when the world is nothing but decay and rust,
and hope lay like pieces of broken glass ...