Here Committed With A Giving Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

I am...
Only here committed with a giving to listen.
And hope that what I do will not confuse.
I am...
Here to end and not begin a conflict.
If I can...
Understand,
What it takes for patience.
And if I can...
Understand,
The meaning with it done.
If I can...
Understand,
What it takes for patience.
And if I can...
Understand,
The meaning more than some.

At times when I have come to give my patience.
It is defeated.
Before I'm seated.
And at those times I know I'm left with none.
At times when I have come to give my patience.
It is defeated.
Before I'm seated.
And I know I'm the one who needs to be...
Patient.
If I can...
Understand,
What it takes.
And if I can...
Understand,
Why sometimes I don't.
With a looking for an exit.
To then patiently breathe.