The Fruits of Waiting

A soft day —

a day for the lessons of patience,

of things still waiting in winter rain,

the colors that shine

while the brighter ones are gone

I struggled through the morning’s low

to find these — the fruits

of going slow,

slow enough to mute

any opinions

and let the inner structures

take as long as they need to

to speak for themselves.

©Wendy Mulhern

February 6, 2020