Steadfast Tortoise
A Poem on Biding One's Time
Part and parcel of life as a teacher (and any profession) is keeping schedules, and I can almost tear my hair out waiting for students to respond with their ability to attend lessons.
We often find that we've to bide our time in many situations. Whether it's waiting for life-changing health check results, waiting for exam results, or waiting for someone to respond to a request for change in schedule, we've got to exercise patience and wait for an outcome. We've also got to have faith that that outcome will be positive.
Perhaps the tortoise can teach a few lessons. It is steadfast and bides its time while waiting for the path he walks on to unfold in front of him.
Enjoy these haikus.
The steadfast tortoise
Shell packed with loving patience
Forges path ahead
The steady tortoise
Walks ahead, though path is long
One step at a time
Persistent tortoise
Keeps forging weather-torn path
With calmness and grace.
About the Creator
Michelle Liew
Hi, i am an English Language teacher cum freelance writer with a taste for pets, prose and poetry. When I'm not writing my heart out, I'm playing with my three dogs, Zorra, Cloudy and Snowball.
Comments (2)
I need to learn a lot from the tortoise as I'm a very impatient person. Loved your poem!
Oh! Very heartfelt.