Dedicated Wants

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)



One's stubbornness to remain and stay,
Wanting with fixed dreams to wish.
Maybe to others a selfishness.
And seldom this is not to admit.
For the one that knows,
The only thing...
That is impossible to accomplish it,
Is accepting negativity and comments...
Made by those living to believe,
Challenges with their obstacles...
Are there to convince and prevent,
One from making attempts to succeed.
However...
One determined and motivated.
With incentive and effort to endeavor?
Driven by a dream repeatedly to envision.
Even resentment can not stop or block,
Thoughts of others...
Who rely on gossip.
With a hoping a clock to watch,
Will 'someday' validate...
Their claims to blame that time,
Had not been enough for them to do...
What one had found to find,
Their reason and purpose to refuse...
A paying attention to listen to anyone,
Dedicated with wants to wish...
To witness others fail.
Done with a doing to encourage.

'Doing what you do will never succeed.'

'Whew!
That's a relief.
You have no idea,
How much I wanted that noticed.'

'Huh?
WHAT?'

'You won't believe this.
But...
Failure is not on my agenda.
And you...
Apparently noticed this.
Are you recruiting, endorsing?
Or...
Supporting failure?'

'You're...'

'Oh...please.
Please don't say I'm crazy.
Sssss...please. Please don't do it.
Don't give me goosebumps!'

'I can't believe this!'

'You?
Oh. Sss...oh, oh God no.
Don't stop. Don't stop!
Don't run away.
Stay. Stay.
Finish the job!
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Submitted by lpahtillah on August 26, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABCDXEDXXXXFGXGHXXXXXXIXXHBXX F IXJX JK LKJILEXG CXDC L IXXAAX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,391
Words 249
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 29, 1, 4, 2, 8, 4, 1, 6

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