more of an entry than a poem
sorry

hot
no sleep
no rest
       since we can rest consciously, I think

no food
a little water
watching the left margin
lean toward the right
on the page
that is
the screen

it’s alredy too hot for summer
and
by meteorology
the season’s only started
then by
the
calendar there are several days to go
roughly two and one half weeks and
why
is it so hot right now

past the heat of the day
too

well
fluids will help
some good
and I’ve had both
and soon
to take
some pills

and apply patience
the heat will peak
more
so
it’s the ongoing matters for which
patience to apply

I guess we know that hardly
anything new
for wisdom though I recall

now
once a conversation with a friend in schooldays
of a while
and
I was told of a hard family situation and my
friend’s role in that
then how
the patience used ‘til then was almost
gone
and what
to do now for such a favor

to which I impulsively replied
again
no real wisdom
but
that at this moment is when patience is really required and
not so much before

which made a
difference
and
could make a difference now except
I still can’t credit
much the
source

c l couch


photo by blayne spires on Unsplash

the flower you may know (I wouldn’t) as impatiens; I picked for a pun, since I don’t know of a flower called patience (hah); impatiens grows in colors more than Christmas

tomorrow, a post briefer and more versicle