Impatience – 
        a slippery slope 
             that gains a smooth speed 
                    when I give in to it.
Quickly, 
        it blows my hair back 
             with intolerance and judgment
                    and then drops me 
flat
        and
             formless
                    into self-righteous isolation. 

Climbing the mountain 
of enduring character 
may seem so much harder – 
but take my word for it,
the view is so much better.