Our son whispered
To me today
About your affliction,
The hardships, the ordeal
That’s been rife

May the Lord
Grant you patience
An everlasting patience
My very dear wife

For patience is the key
To unlock the mysteries
Of any tormented life

The greatest bounty
For the blessed
The ultimate weapon
Of the oppressed

Be patient my darling
For patience transforms and turns
The enslaved man into one who is free
The barren trunk into a fruitful tree

Intolerance into forbearance
Sufferance into endurance

The unbeliever into believer
The underachiever into achiever

The unfaithful into faithful
The desperate into hopeful

The distressed into serene
The impure into pristine

The indecisive into resolute
Relative truth into absolute

The sanguine from the anguished
The victorious from the unvanquished

Depression into perseverance
Guidance from malfeasance

A pessimist into an optimist
A moderate from a fundamentalist

The weak into strong
The power to right any wrong

Avarice into generosity
Friendship over animosity

Hurt into solace
The compassionate from the callous

Fear into fortitude
Relief over solicitude

Ambivalence into determination
Peace of mind over agitation

A submissive soul into steadfast
Celebrating the future over the past

Be patient sweetheart
Until Patience appreciates
Your patience

Be patient until their patience
Becomes weary of
Your patience

Be patient my love
Until your patience prevails
Over all patience