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''Through the dark clouds shining,''
''Turn the dark cloud inside out''
'''Til the boys come home.''
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== [[Literature]] ==
* [[
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150918190528/http://plagiarist.com/poetry/1957/ "Penelope"], a short and searing poem by [[Dorothy Parker]], from the perspective of [[Odyssey|Odysseus's wife]].
* The poem [http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/an-ancient-gesture/ "An Ancient Gesture"] by [[Edna St. Vincent Millay]], also about [[Odyssey|Penelope]].
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There is simply nothing else to do. }}
== [[Live
* ''[[Army Wives]]''
* The ''[[Highlander the Series]]'' episode "They Also Serve..." focused on the Watchers, the mysterious organization who observed and recorded the constant warfare between the immortals but (theoretically) never interfered in the ongoing fights.
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* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHXtQQlyaR0 video] for "This Is Me Missing You" by [[Music/James House|James House]].
* "It Sucks" by pop-punk band [[Music/The Unlovables|The Unlovables]] is about the downsides of this trope.
{{quote|''And in a way, I wish I was you
''Heading cross-country with a dream to pursue
''I guess til now I never knew
''How much it sucks to be the one who’s left behind
''You’re off in the great unknown
''When I’m stuck here all alone }}
* [[The Go-Go's|Belinda Carlisle]]'s 1989 single [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmZYE8j2ZNs "Leave a Light On"] is a plea for the singer's loved one to wait faithfully for her return from a journey she's not exactly taking willingly:
{{quote|''I can't explain, I don't know
''Just how far I have to go
''But darling I'll keep the key
''Just leave a light on for me}}
== [[Mythology]] ==
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