Patience

Many people look to me

At my big leafy greens

To appreciate their breath

But all I can do is stand and stare

Looking down on them

But they don’t care

They don’t see the life I want

The life I can never have

I can’t run around, I just stand

For years and years

I grow wise about the life they have

Earning the rings that they find so interesting

And today is the day that it all pays off

The standing, the waiting

I get my life today

The one I’ve always wanted

So to anyone willing to listen

I will tell them the story

Of the tree that came to life