"Oh You Are Coming" by Sara Teasdale

Oh you are coming, coming, coming,
How will hungry Time put by the hours till then? --
But why does it anger my heart to long so
For one man out of the world of men?

Oh I would live in myself only
And build my life lightly and still as a dream --
Are not my thoughts clearer than your thoughts
And colored like stones in a running stream?

Now the slow moon brightens in heaven,
The stars are ready, the night is here --
Oh why must I lose myself to love you,
My dear? 

Summary:

“Oh You Are Coming” from Teasdale’s work Flame and Shadow, is a beautiful commentary on the girl who is eagerly waiting for her beloved. In the first stanza, she describes her excitement and frustration, about how hard it is for her to wait for the love of her life and wonders, why is she so desperate to meet just one man among all men in this world. In the second stanza, she wishes to keep her feelings to herself only and live a simple life, but then she realizes that it would be no reality, but just a dream. She even used a metaphor to relate her clear “thoughts” with the “colored stones in a running stream”, where she thinks whether he is able to understand her or not. Finally, she closes the poem with the third stanza stating that the moment has come, but still she is not able to stop her thoughts of loving someone special.