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they say:
patience
is a virtue.

i.
for a while
i thought it was
okay
being
the excuse
for you to get
out.

then i realised
excuses
can become reasons to leave
too—
the same way
rocks
become pebbles.

ii.
i am no river
just a river bed.
maybe i was meant
to put things at rest.

they say:
patience is a virtue.

iii.
i am no river
just a river bed.

they say:
patience, is a virtue
your heart said
patience is a virtue
as it slammed against my ribcage
demanding entrance
in the sweetest way possible.
it said:
here i am,
have patience,
here i am.

iv.
i am the rocks
in a river bed
not meant for rolling over
just for sleeping.

v.
i flourish
under water.
am sweetest
when i’m drowning.

patience
is a virtue
they say.