W-Q-T… if we took the time,
S-B-R… if we had the patience,
H-M-L… if we
had the forebearance
What a different world this would be.
Al-Waqt…
muda, boundless but limited;
As-Sabr… subira, with countless promises and
zero guarantees;
At-Tahammul… ustahimilivu, the strength to bear burdens and
the consequent knee buckling,
Would they have made such a difference?
This poem is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Please feel free to use my writing for non-commercial purposes and do credit my name (Rose Kahendi) as the writer.
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