Too Much Expected



Has too much been expected,
From the ones who have proven...
Unafraid to face challenges.
And presented with difficult tasks.

Few will ask.
What it takes to make,
Obstacles to erase to clear a path.
As if already paved made easy to pass.

Yet taken for granted,
Are the ones not to fear...
Naysayers or their doubtful voices,
Heard to clearly hear.

What it is that can not be done.
Without attempts to convince the one,
Unafraid of threats to fear.
If what is unknown has yet not appeared.

'Are you fearless, crazy or both?'

'Why do you say that?'

'Most of us would never dare,
To not listen to rumors.
Gossiped here and everywhere.
About those molehills built by monsters.
Awaiting for anyone,
Trying to climb a mountain.
Ignoring the molehills surrounding it!'

'That's just a myth.
To delude and kept fictioned.'

'Oh yeah?
How do you know that?'

'I don't and won't.
Until I see it for myself!'

'That imagined mountain?
None of us have seen to find?'

'I haven't seen any molehills either.
Have you?'

'No.
But I have been told over the years,
Stop trying and don't even attempt...
To create a mountain,
From nothing but a molehill.
With a doing to start something over nothing!'

'I am not here to argue,
Over myths to delude...
What it is I'm going to do.'

'Okay.
But don't blame or accuse me,
For doing my best to warn you!'

'Thanks.
Have a great day.
And...
I will do the best I can,
Not to mention your name.
Oh...
By the way,
What is your name?'

'Are you kidding?
Why would I want you,
Spreading rumors about me...
All over the place?
Do you see 'FOOL' printed on my forehead?'

'Come closer.'

'For what?'

'I can't see it.
The print is too small.
If you come closer I could see it better!'

'And make you think I'm that stupid?'

'Hey...
You were the one to mention it.
If you had said nothing at all,
I would have thought...
You were giving me constructive criticism!'

'Constructive what?'

'Criticism.'

'Why would I want,
To do something like that?
Whatever it is you 'construct and induct' it.
To find it criticized?
Is your business.
I'm not involved!'

'Good.
Now leave me alone to climb my mountain!'
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Written on September 10, 2023

Submitted by lpahtillah on September 10, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABXX XXXX ACXX BBCX X D EFEFBBG XA XD XX BX HI JXXBXK IXI LMI XLXXNJLN KIMXX GOH A LGOXX XDGXXX XB
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 2,130
Words 490
Stanzas 22
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 1, 1, 7, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 6, 3, 3, 8, 5, 3, 1, 5, 6, 2

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