Patience
I have a lot of it
Not the roller coaster line kind
The I can’t wait
For my my body to drop,
my stomach to fall
For my hands to grip tightly
The the worn-down bar
For that, I can’t wait
But for you, I can
In fact I have
October will mark it all
I traced your path with my eyes
Footsteps printed,
Soft soil aside
Ordinary perhaps
But my ordinary
All mine ordinary
All mine,
You’re extraordinary
A mind shaken with such silence
A heart awakened by love’s loose ties,
Its violence
Patience
Wait and it’ll come
My thoughts a low hymn, a lull
Simply hummed
The hummingbird
It hovers
Hovers over that flower that is you
Sprinkled and moistened
By a light dew
This love is old but
You’re ever-new
Like you see it every spring
Yet still just as beautiful to you
I wait for the spring
Patience, there it is once more
Year after year, I shut tightly the door
Close it on harsh cold and
Bitter wind
Push it away but forget it nevermore
Behind that door you reside
Do you wait for me on the other side?
Are you knocking?
If you are, make sure it’s heard
I have not the courage to open
If I’m unsure
Give me a sign
A state of mind
Kiss the air
Let me follow
Show me
Do you know me?
Do you want to?
I know I want you
All of you, every bit
Your bitter, your lovely,
Your severity, your lips
Why yearn for one,
Yearn for one for so long
I fumble at the answer,
The explanation too long
Or just too complex for a
Simple mind like mine to grasp
Crackle, spatter the paint
Across that darkened wall
Of light fate
Pouty lips, tell me so
For you I’ll let my heart grow
But how much more is it willing to expand?
It has beaten a million times,
A million more till you take my hand
Do with it what you please
Trail like that air left
From a fickle breeze
Of someone rushing to the end
When a swoosh is heard
And then it’s gone all at once
In one solitary instance
Maybe that’s why I wait
Cause like that air you might be gone
Too soon
Then what am I left to do?
The patient girl who waits for you