Seldom Is It Not Always
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Seldom is it not always.
Found to find another way,
To say and do...
A few things to choose,
What one wishes to want.
Without being stubborn.
Or refuse to remove,
An attitude determined to use.
In the belief this keeps,
That which is wished...
Comes quicker without patience.
Or knuckles punched against walls.
Making useless both hands.
To know later doing this,
Has made no sense at all.
Seldom is not always,
Are those lessons to learn.
Coming easy to obtain.
Without some pain to gain wisdom.
Since life to live it.
Is the best teacher to reminisce,
It takes patience and tolerance.
That benefits the wanting wisher.
Although this lesson many miss.
Until wiser one becomes.
To realize it known.
That anything wanted to wish and get,
Eventually does come true.
If one prepares with time and sacrifice.
And chooses to remove,
An untouchable stubborn attitude.
Believing themselves to be,
The cheese, chips and delicious dip.
Expecting...
Without making a single effort.
That all they need to do is sit.
Turn on a TV.
Then fall asleep to dream.
Awakening to hear someone scream,
GET UP OFF YOUR BUTT.
AND ATTEMPT TO DO SOMETHING,
MUCH MORE CONSTRUCTIVE!
'LIKE WHAT?'
'YOU CAN BEGIN BY STARTING,
FIXING THE HOLES YOU PUNCHED.
INTO THE WALLS.
THEN HAVE THE AUDACITY,
TO SAY TO ME...
YOUR DREAMS FOR US,
TO HAVE A BETTER LIFE.
I INTERRUPT TO TURN THE TV OFF!'
'Well...'
'Well...WHAT?'
'We both know where the holes are,
Right?
And no one really knows,
How effective dreams can be...
To see them come true.'
'OK! OK, OK, OKAY!
IVE BEEN DREAMING FOR MONTHS.
TO SEE YOU OFF YOUR BUTT.
BUT...
IT SEEMS THAT DREAM OF MINE,
HAS BEEN DEFERRED.'
'I've learn that patience to keep,
Is the key to ultimate victory.'
'I'm done.
I'm through screaming.'
'It's a miracle.
God is good.
And I know you just heard me say,
Patience to keep is the key to victory!'
'I don't know if it's love or tolerance,
The reason I put up with your lazy excuses.'
'It has to be one or the other.
Since sex, romance and foreplay to have...
Has long been out of my dreams to wish!'
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Written on May 15, 2024
Submitted by lpahtillah on May 15, 2024
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Characters | 2,058 |
Words | 459 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 15, 8, 19, 8, 5, 6, 2, 2, 4, 2, 3 |
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