The
Natural Parameters
of Patience
by
Melanie Houle
An
old man offers
this for your
discussion:
That all unfolds
in its appointed
hour.
Like it or not,
we see, without
exception,
Outwitting
Nature's not within
our power
And no amount
of prestidigitation
Ever brought to
bloom a single
flower
Before
its time. Years
of contemplation
Suggest to me
that, often, moving
slower
Will nuture goals
more fully to
fruition.
The
harvest is determined
by the sower.
Impatience yields
regret. By definition,
The borrower condemns
himself the ower
And
borrowers of time
reap complications;
Cultivating haste
precipitates our
plowing into unforeseen
obstructions.
The
mightiest of autocrats
must cower
Before the rule
that renders fools
of nations:
Unbalance Nature's
plan, the boom
will lower.
An
old man offers
this for your
discussion:
Outwitting Nature's
not within our
power.
Like it or not,
we see, without
exception,
That all unfolds
in its appointed
hour.
©
2007 by Melanie
Houle
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