I struggle with patience. Patience goes hand in hand with self-control and therefore, when I am impatient, I cannot keep still and my mind wanders to a far-away land on the other side of the moon. If somebody is giving a testimony or I have an article to read, I expect it to be brief and succinct. In most cases, they aren’t. I begin to fidget and in my mind I am thinking, “Please get to the point!”
If you are a non-believer who considers all Christians to be hypocrites, I shall let you score a point on that one with me, because I simply cannot keep some poems short. Despite editing like crazy, if I’m trying to tell a story, sometimes it takes a good while before I get there, and thus, I thought it kind to warn you when you are about to encounter a rather lengthy piece of prose.
I originally placed the abbreviation, LPW (Long Poem Warning) after a poem title to indicate that it was lengthy, but then I realised that most of them are. Not all the chapters are succeeded by poetry, but when you see one at the bottom, this means that you may want to go grab a coffee and half a packet of cookies before you begin.
Alternatively, you could be shrewd and find someone to read it out aloud for you. In this case, I suggest you first bless them with a full glass of water and a cough sweet.
