Patience is a devoted commitment
A promise to what could be different
To what you know may yet be made
A hope for nothing you would trade
Resisting all temptation of finality
Until the ideal becomes reality
And the truest sign of a vision pre-drawn
Is long and arduous patience undergone
On that eve of awaited perfection attained
The most savory gift is temptation abstained
To present a love long and solemnly withheld
Even before that vision in your mind’s eye dwelled
That your heart in ambition you did conceal
And loved the ideal more than the real
To have remained committed faithfully
To your desire’s unceasing certainty
That no illusive mirage gleaming
Could hope to satisfy your yearning
Patience measures your love of you
And your growing horizon too