Patience of stars

May 8, 2020

Being creative is not just something I've done during times of stress, it's something I've actively done from the earliest age and with busy lives we don't always get the time to stop and appreciate the value of creative engagement. 

As I matured and joined the working world, (time for free-writing especially) became something I had to be very patient about as I had to 'fit it into’ an increasingly busy working-life schedule.

People are patient for a whole variety of reasons and this poem reminds me of a time I had to be patient for a sense of calm to return to me, for a return to love and comfort and a change for the better which I feel is what this virus and epidemic is trying to teach me. 

A creative offering today - to bring a little joy to your day with love from me to all of you out there:


Patience of stars

I must have been reborn

with the patience

of stars;

settled

in a black sky,

holding

waiting

knowing

that somewhere

in this slow and patient galaxy-

some cosmic force

would someday

shoot me

down to you.



– Maria Cairnie


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