How long is too long?

So long have we taken
Through the season and weather changing
Wasted youth in anxious waiting
Come now of age and find roses fading

Patience

Patience is a sour word that bears sweet fruit.
It is throbbing anguish that saves one from eternal damnation 
It is pain without compliant
It is to be wronged with out compensation and justice
It is the barring of burdens
It is struggling with no end in sight
It is remembrance in times of plenty
It is difficult and admirable 
It is a sign of trust and faith
Patience