Patience

Waiting can be bothersome,
If not downright unreasonable
When weaving through the barriers
Of, “GIVE IT TO ME, NOW.”

Where comes the need? This instant need
For pleasure and fulfillment,
As though there’s cause to
Reap the crops
Before the soil, for seed, is ploughed.

It’s what I want.
It’s what I need,
The one thing I desire.
The new, the now, the everything
To which I most aspire.

But Patience is long-suffering.
She muddles through with pluck and grit,
Her stoic presence taciturn,
Although she may lament a bit
While biding in anticipation
Pondering the “either / or”.
Anything that’s worth its weight is
Always worth the waiting for.

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