PoemIf You Show Patience
Author / PoetRumi
TagsMountain, Patience, Water

If you show patience, I’ll rid you of this virtue.
If you fall asleep, I’ll rub the sleep from your eyes.
If you become a mountain, I’ll melt you in fire.
And if you become an ocean, I’ll drink all your water.

Rumi
Rumi
30 Sep 1207 - 17 Dec 1273
Region: Southern Asia
Period: Medieval
Movement: Sufi

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