patience

patient
presents with
quickened beats,
shallow breaths,
tears be-dammed,
and huddled chest.

she knows
he’s just
a lookalike
a happenstance
that tricks her with
each timid glance.

patient
presents with
firmer feet
but shaky ground,
heavier by
18 month-pounds.

she knows
she is
a feel-alike,
a press rewind,
a heart that longs
to be his ‘mine.’

they say patience is a… choo
bless you
virtue
they do
bless you
teach you
keep you
show you

that love regrows,
remolds,
renews,

in quiet,
humble,
sacred,

moments of patients.

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