Patience young one

Patience young one

By May Kwek

Once under the mighty trees

There once grew a little seed

It was a small, tiny thing

Of which no one would think

But yet it aspired to reach the skies

And tried to grow with all its might

But yet no matter how hard it tried

It found that it never gained much height

It grew frustrated and wilted and cried

‘Oh why?’ it cried ‘did it bother to try?’

It wanted to give up, to lie down and die

When it heard a voice from the sky

“Be patient, wait. You’re not there yet

Great things are not made with leaps but steps”

The little plant upset, only replied,

“But all around me have touched the sky”

To this the voice only said

“When they were struggling you were not there

Have a little faith

You will get there”

The little plant listened and decided to wait

And found that he grew very little everyday

But never the less he always grew

And believed that what the voice said was true

Finally after many years

Through hardships, pains and tears

The tree finally touched the sky

And found itself up on high

“I told you” the voice said

“Look what progress you have made

And now remember, never forget

Not leaps but little steps”

The now mighty tree smiled in reply

And felt the wind dance in the sky

It looked at the sun and rustled it leaves

Knowing that in patience it had found peace

Copyright © 2012 by May Kwek