PATIENCE AS A REQUISITE

(c) 2011 Howard McQueen

Exploring our inner landscapes,

 especially the darkened places

 where the candle has been seemingly snuffed out.

It often takes multiple visits 

 to relight the candle that seems to have blown out.

And, even then, those mind-made miseries  

 may take a while to relax and dissolve.

Sometimes it requires a courage to eat the demon.

Sometimes it is manifesting the patience to fully digest

 and integrate what we've swallowed.