impatience, the virtual reality

us & time

“don’t plant a cedar for you’ll die before it shades you. . .”

that’s the advice from late middle age:
I no longer plant trees for my own life,
I marvel at ones I planted a quarter-century, a half-century, ago,

for near 40 years I’ve been putting monies into retirement,
time enough for compounding to work its wonders,

for those today, an interval of minutes between desire and completion,
can be unacceptable,
even a few seconds can feel thwarting,

patience may be a virtue,
impatience is the virtual reality.

by Henry H. Walker
June 18, ’11