patience

patience is a virtue
or at least thats how the saying goes
what is patience called
when its a way of being
a way of life
a state of being always in demand
when you don't have a choice
but to be patient for the ones you love
no matter what may come
because they're family
they've always been there for you
they raised you to be the person you are
if this is true
then where is return of said patience
why is it never given in kind
was all of it inherited
leaving nothing for themselves
instead a sense of entitlement
for countless wrongs
recited for your listening pleasure
again and again
never held accountable
facts always twisted just so
throwing blame on everything else
on anyone else
but most of the time,
blame is on my shoulders alone
the weight of it is there
always has been
seems it always will be
for every improvement made
in a single sentence the weight comes back
awful dead weight
along with the weight
comes patience
like a gift
relief after the hurricane
i accept patience as one of my gifts.
for without it....
who knows how things would unfold.