Patience

patience is 

the breath

the pause

the slow work from here to there

the kind whisper after rebuke 

the softening after revelation

patience is the final sigh relinquishing over to grief

the selah in the breadth of healing

patience is the slow swirl after rushing waters

the sweet hushing of ego’s desperate demanding 

and someday

patience will be your emissary

your guide through unknown landscapes

your messenger of peace in struggle

your anchor to hope in stasis

your reminder of the impermanence of it all

someday patience will be the space surrounding you