Patience

Patience is a flighty emotion,
there effortlessly when not needed.
Yet, it's like a specter when you do.
Oh, patience! Rid me of my tremblings.
Calm my anger. Quell my discontent.
Please free me from the consequences
of embracing negative ideas,
of expecting the worst, not the best.
I know what's needed if I'm to heal,
but my unspoken fear of the worst
being my lot in life is so strong
it clouds my vision and drags me down.
Give me strength to trust the Universe,
to fully accept prosperity
as my Creative Birthright in life.
Help me release my thoughts of "less than,"
to see my life with more clarity,
to celebrate the wins and losses,
to step back and view the greater plan,
and to move forward with renewed hope.

©Dannye Williamsen