Like swallows in the sky
Patience and persistence fly
Baling summer’s scent to hay
Autumn’s chill is on the way
Like swallows in the sky
Patience and persistence fly
Wisdom, wit, a way of being
In the wind I hear them say,
Tomorrow is another day.
Cutting through the waves
Patience and persistence sail
Tacking onwards through the storm
Sensing when the tide will turn
With a clear and knowing eye
Patience and persistence watch
Seeing far beyond the now
History furrowed on each brow
Rich in lifetime’s learning
Patience and persistence teach
Sowing seeds of future yield
Theirs an ever fertile field
Like swallows in the sky
Patience and persistence fly
Baling summer’s scent to hay
Autumn’s chill is on the way
Like swallows in the sky
Patience and persistence fly
Wisdom, wit, a way of being
In the wind I hear them say,
Tomorrow is another day.
Tomorrow is another day.
© Rhoda Meek
