Virtues

The stillness of hope

teeters on time

ahead

in between

and behind

Prudence perches

on precision

and prepares

for a storm

before a single 

cloud passes

Hope sees

rain as food 

for flowers

Its fill for her

barrels

whose water 

will wash

the dust 

from her clock

Until courage

comes to make 

all their dreams

come true.

   ~RLG©2017