Patience
Can be
A
Scarce commodity
In a
Self-centered
Instant gratification
World
But
How does one
Learn, bond,
Gain
Wisdom
And
Build character
Without
It?
Silent Sunday – (03/24/19)
Scrambled
Notes
As thoughts
Float
Cast
Adrift
In creative
Shifts
Brilliance
Perhaps
One day to
Sift
But for
Now
Action
Swift
No time on
Favorite words
To
Dote
Success some
Other
Occasion
Toast
Once begun
My
Singular
Hope
A sense of
Pride
In what I
Wrote
A piece
Worthy
Of a writer’s
Gift
When read
By others
To
Uplift
What you see
Is
What you
Get
A sure thing
On which
You can
Bet
Opinions worn
Out on
The
Sleeve
No rhetoric
Just
To
Appease
Look closely
You
Can see right
Through
Transparency
From me
To
You
Life is about
Creating shared history
With other people
Weaving a thread
Of common experience
Year after year
Until a blanket
Of mutual comfort
Wraps you
In a friendship
So close
Either person
Can at any time
Pick right up
Where last you left off
Without missing a beat
Shiny new
Luster
Away does
Erode
Once old
Patina
Continues to
Grow
Move along
Now
Stay in
Line
Keep in
Step with
Those of like
Kind
No time to
Question, doubt
Or
Ponder
Consequences
Await
Those who
Wander
Lies turned
Truth
Truth turned
Lies
Wipe that
Stardust
From your
Eyes
Move along
Now
Stay in
Line
Slip
Into the
Void
In good
Time
A land
Of
Immigrants
We
Are
Gathered
Here
From near
And
Far
Our spirits
Soared
Like birds
On
High
Cross
Continents
And
Azure
Skies
Hearts full of
Promise
Eyes fixed on
The
Stars
We cannot
Be
Contained
By
Bars
Time and again
Those in the public eye
Wielding great power
Through accrued
Fame and fortune
Have fallen
Short of the mark
Letting us down
Miserably
In the quest for
Exemplary models
The focus could be
Narrowed considerably
By concentrating
The search
Much closer to home
It is within
Common people
That
Uncommon goodness
Often is found
Is
Darkness
But the
Absence
Of
Light
Or
Light
But the
Absence
Of
Darkness
