‘Impatience’
Impatience
Is not
A virtue
It only hurts you
It’s puts you
Off course
You puff and
Shout
Letting out all
That’s built up
And full of
Doubt
Calm yourself
What’s the need
To rush about
Not caring
Not sharing
Not bearing
In mind
The affects
You’ll have on
Mankind
What can’t wait
Sets your heartbeat
At such a pace
Forgetting grace
Everything becomes
A race
To accumulate time
Into condensed space
Misplaced actions
Cause reactions
Into a maze
Uncontrolled haze
In the here and now
Is where patience
Is found
Set your feet
Upon the ground
Feel and see
That this is all
That’s meant
For you and me
Focus on a tree
What do you see
Grounded
Rooted
Swaying in time
To the earths music
Not controlled by
The state of a distressed
Mind
Complete in balance
Bouncing around
Like on a trampoline
Waiting on that’s
Not seen
Where we dream
And all is redeemed
What was achieved
On not waiting on
What’s meant to be
Can you now see
That impatience
Does not bring clarity
But the charity
Of learning
Self control.
Kelly Fagelund-Gjersoe
17/10/2019