PATIENCE, KINDNESS, SLOW TO ANGER

WITH HER I LEARNED PATIENCE

WITH HER I LEARNED KINDNESS

WITH HER I BECAME SLOW TO ANGER

LOVE,

LIKE AN ORGANISM UNSEEN

SHE CAUGHT MY INSTINCTS

BY SURPRISE

LIKE AN EARLY SUN RISE,

AWAKEN I WAS BY HER SPIRIT

WITH HER I LEARNED PATIENCE

WITH HER I LEARNED KINDNESS

WITH HER I BECAME SLOW TO ANGER

LOVE,

AT TIMES,

I FIND MYSELF

PROTECTIVE OF HER.

LIKE THE FULLY BLOWN

DAFFODILS BY THE LAKE

HER PRESENCE,

A THING OF BEAUTY

UNTIL,

UNTIL THE DAYS CONFRONTATIONS

AND ARGUMENTS TOOK TURN.

SHE TRANSFORMED

INTO A PERSON NEVER SEEN

INTO SOMETHING

SOMETHING AFRAID TO STARE AT

BLOOD BOILING

IN A LOSS FOR WORDS

FELT BETRAYED

ASHAMED

OF SELF ALL WAS LEFT OF ME

HEAD SHAKING

MOMENTS OF UNBELIEF

COLORS REVEALED

SHAME ON ME

I UNDERACHIEVED

SPOKE HIGHLY OF

TOO SOON

TO MY KIN

TOO LATE,

I GAVE MY ALL.

AND NOW,

NO ONE TO SHARE MY FALL

OVERWHELMED

BY LONELINESS

IN THIS DARKNESS

WITHOUT A WAY

TO ILLUMINATE

MONTHS AFTER MONTHS

PLEADING

RESULTED IN DESTRUCTION

ENDING WITH

SUCH DETRIMENT

TO MY SPIRIT

I'M LEARNING

TO EMBRACE PEACE

I'M FIGHTING

WITH FORGIVENESS

AT LEAST.

IN THE MEAN TIME

MY DEMONS

CHANTING FOR REVENGE

I'M SEEKING

FOR WAYS TO ADVANCE

Love... Force it and it disappears. You cannot will love, nor even control it.You can only guide its expression. It comes or it goes according to those qualities in life that invite it or deny its presence. ~David Seabury