To Patience

Oh Patience...

You are a perfecter of things

We ignore you, and pay for it
I am yet to see the man prosper who bypasses you

Oh patience, you are awesome
You bring all things into perfect harmony
You bring the baby to birth
You bring the tree to full bloom, and the fruit, too

Oh patience, no man great has done without you
You are needed for all things wise
You are needed for all loves perfect
You are needed for all things built to last

Oh patience, you are from the First
The great King had you in the beginning
And after He calls time, you will remain
Yet how strong is your friendship with time!

And He tells me to get you
In adversity, you are unmoving
In haste, you laugh at men
In trickery, you shake your head

You are to be desired
And for you, I pine