Patience

Patience
Is a virtue
Some would say
That I do not hold

Do not let
My silence
Be mistaken
For patience

Nor a blank
Stare
Be interpreted
As submission

There are only
A few
Not even
A handful

Of people
That I give
The only ounce
Of my patience

Like a
Boost to
My own
Stigma

Causing
Further
Damage
To it

But I
Give it
Anyway
Born from

Trust
Love
Care
Need

I'd tear
Myself down
Over and over
Just to grace you

With patience
It doesn't
Come
Easily

And I can't
Breath in
Enough
To keep steady

But I'll give
You patience
Even though
I've never had it