Patience

Fire and passion drive man to deed When a sage's word they fail to heed Wait and wish but stay thy hand For impulse leads to things unplanned He who takes a moment to stop and think May find his woes may quickly sink Away to depths which effect you naught Abandoned in your place of thought Reward be given day by day For he who seeks to find the way Apart from swift action born of lacking sense Bad fortune then to leave you hence Do take the time to consider thy fate For this may make your life change from good to great