<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=473018" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Patience on Trial?</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I wished we had arranged to meet elsewhere, <br>I think it's going to rain.<br>A park bench with no shelter is hardly ideal, <br>I won't be doing this again.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I wonder if she intends to keep our date<br>or have I faded from her mind.<br>At the time I thought she was really keen<br>and thought she'd be on time.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I know I was early, but that's the way I am<br>and I don't mind waiting a while, <br>but a while has stretched to an extreme; <br>I hope my patience isn't on trial.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The rain has increased in rate and size, <br>and it's absolutely pouring.<br>If my friends could see me sitting here<br>they would think me mad, sad, and boring.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Why didn't I think to bring an umbrella, <br>she won't see me at my best, <br>instead I'll look like a water vole<br>in soaked trousers and vest.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I think I ought to consider leaving<br>and get out of these wet clothes.<br>Well, what a nice surprise, my date has turned up, <br>despite a cold and runny nose.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Orlando+Belo">Orlando Belo</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=473018" data-title="Patience on Trial? de Orlando Belo" data-description="I wished we had arranged to meet elsewhere, I think it's going to rain. A park bench with no shelter is hardly ideal, I won't be doing this again. I wonder if she intends to keep our date or have I faded from her mind. At the time I thought she..."></div> </div> </div>

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