Quote of the day

"When I despair, I remember that all through history,
the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and
murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end they always fall.
Think of it. Always."
-Mahatma Gandhi

Monday, October 3, 2011

Patience (A Virtuous Tale) - I wrote this this morning

I learned from watching you
One of those things I picked up and amplified to an unhealthy extreme
Whether waiting in line,
Delineating instruction,
Or driving around town

He's told me to breathe, to slow down

I've tried, HARD
I keep trying

It's a constant struggle to re-evaluate myself;
To take a step back and comprehend
That some things just don't work out the way you'd like
And that sometimes you won't have control

That's OK
Giving up that control is a feat;
A feat I cannot accomplish without help
YOUR help

I've learned to distract myself
I can still move at the speed of sound
Even if everyone else can't break the barrier

So I distract myself
Sometimes with the mundane
Other times with a challenge
But I distract myself

I distract myself to the point that I've slowed down on the inside
But not on the out
So, again, I pretend
I put on a show

Very few know the show of which I speak
Only they can tell and won't applaud when I bow
Without them, I'm lost
I'd get lost in my show,
Never again able to connect and forever alone
But, as they say, the show must go on


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