Sometimes
the thing in front of you
is easiest to know.
The fruit
that’s easiest to pick
is always hanging low.
And better things
may come along,
if only you could wait,
But that
could take forever
or sometimes,
maybe never.
I took the apple
offered and
I ate.
"You burn all your matches" she told me once, " like in that Andersen's fairy-tale, and what'll happen then, after, when you ran through all of the matches?"
I didn't answer; but since then, I often check my matchbox and count, and there are only few matches left, precious matches, source of my light; and I make sure I don't burn them.
Paul, most of us take the apple because patience is so hard!💙
"You burn all your matches" she told me once, " like in that Andersen's fairy-tale, and what'll happen then, after, when you ran through all of the matches?"
I didn't answer; but since then, I often check my matchbox and count, and there are only few matches left, precious matches, source of my light; and I make sure I don't burn them.