THE ACT OF WAITING

Wait in patient acceptance for

what is written is somehow true because

it is believed to be so

Wait in glorious expectation that

tomorrow will bring untold riches

because the words promise paradise

Wait in fevered anticipation for

the truth to manifest because

good things take time for revelation

Wait in prostrated obeisance for

percolated wisdom from an infinite source

while fingers twist prayer beads

Wait in joyous recognition that

this prison called life is but 

a temporary stop on the way to nirvana

Wait in humble recognition that

your path has been predetermined

or Act so that you wait no more

Act in ways unique that erase

the need for blind forbearance

sold in verses translated over ages

Act in defiant endorsement of

what is here and what is now

embracing every moment mercifully given

Act when permitted without hinderance

for in hesitation is lost that

which can never be regained

Act so that regret never replays

the actions that might have

mattered if only they could have

Act to determine the outcome

and don't lose decision to superstition

or carefully curated supposition

Act or Wait they are two sides

stitched into the fabric of humanity

that doers and observers divide