Patience

patience is a virtue
these steps i relearn
of life, love, and hate

patience is an experience
you get to dwell in once in a while
of trying to get things better
between us and this tie that binds us together

patience, it is so easy
yet so hard to understand
when everything swirls and twirls
in tides of emptiness
and confusion

patience is life
for everything comes and goes
at its own pace
nothing is rushed, never at all
it all flows like a river
down into the sea of meanings

patience is a joy
you get to enjoy once in a while
where everything starts to make sense
and you smile in the thoughts of it all

patience is a virtue
of love that is abundant
you might be alone, left in the dark
but when patience keeps you sane
you will nod your head and cry

-December 23rd 1997