Patience

Parables ,Parabola, Phonics provide mental for play.

don't bite the hand that feeds you
or the jailer who keeps you
Patience
don't spur the willing horse,
I might add,
while pulling on the reins,
Patience
don't idolize the shell or vessel,
Patience
accept the river
Patience
feet first.

Reviews

[Tree]

I Like this. I like the construction of it. The tone of it, the feel of it. I had to read it a few times to truly appreciate the delicate flow of it, and then there was the pearl inside of it, the parable. An astonishing piece, Lee. A poem with a message we can all use, and apply to our daily lives. For patience, is not an easy thing to master.

[lee von cleef]

parable, the shell, the vessel ," acceptance," is the word I was, am , having the difficulty conveying, practicing. Because on the first blush the word acceptance is "wimpy" but then it gains strength, I just hope I am in the right river.

[Abderrahmane Dakir]

I like this wonderful poem. I hope my appreciation spurs your ambition .

[jacob erin-cilberto]

move forward always, but with a bit of caution...impatience can cause us to drown in our own rush...
love the way you did this one...the repetition of "Patience" works so well...

jacob

[Tate Morgan]

I wish my son would cultivate a little He is sop impulsive .I guess its youth

[Rene Salinas]

Interesting I am not the most patient one I always think that there is a sequuence of actions that will determine the result and pursue it that way so is always a continuous battle really. Yet here I am invited to stop and ease out a little bit.

Maybe I should consider this

Thankyou

[lee von cleef]

Thank you I am on and off the
cafe world . Salinas, sweet sound to that name, I agree growth is a battle.

[Rene Salinas]

More like bitter as it means Salt mines

[Frieda P]

I always need a gentle shove in that direction, I might copy & paste this and attach it to my forehead....good message here lee.

[lee von cleef]

How often do you look in the mirror ?

[Frieda P]

Ha, can't you ever just be nice, for once. ;) haha

[Horizon K.]

accept the river
Patience
feet first.

I love this Lee, a gentle reminder to us all, that patience is a delicate thing, a practice, something very easy to see the hypocrisy in, when it is lacking. And yes, much of it is about acceptance and understanding... perhaps then, there can be a slow soft guiding, of the riverbed. And the structure of this too, is lovely, layed out with a patient poet's hand...

[lee von cleef]

Thank you, poet I think I am more of a cynic,• a person who questions whether something will happen or whether it is worthwhile : the cynics were silenced when the factory opened. That kind of cynic not this one...
2 ( Cynic) a member of a school of ancient Greek philosophers founded by Antisthenes, marked by an ostentatious contempt for ease and pleasure. The movement flourished in the 3rd century bc and revived in the 1st century ad.

[Horizon K.]

We need cynics, people that ask the hard questions. If we just accept things as what they appear to be, brushed across the surface, we will never see, what they really are.... The surface, it obscures-- but even the sharpest cynic, needs patience to see beneath clearly...