Patience Delivers Poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar

Anything instant is welcome.
Be the result soon from a click.
No delay is tolerated.
Action brings reaction no time.

Patience is the key to success.
Patience is not killing the time.
Inhabiting the waiting time
Is the technique to be employed.

A tree takes its time to mature.
A fruit takes its time to spill seeds.
To be patient is to respect
The rhythm of time that takes place.

Patience is a form of resistance.
To employ it you need courage.
It gives depth and pulse to the act
And aligns us with the life flow.

Patience is not wasting the time
But using the time for a purpose.
Life is not a race to be won.
Life is a rhythm to live through.
15.10.2025
29/12,10: 48] Rm Shanmugam: Translation by rm Shanmugam