Bitter And Sweet Fruits Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Growing to know,
Both the bitter and sweet fruits,
Of life to taste...
Is not a common journey taken.
One on a path traveling alone,
Discovers.

There are very few directions,
From which to pick...
That are not beset with challenges.
Illnesses, setbacks laid to place,
Upon one's intended steps tracked...
With them to make,
Are seldom wished experiences.
Yet healing to recover,
Has a way to change...
Perceptions unexpectedly.
A priceless benefit of wisdom,
Is obtained to gain.


Priorities to choose necessities,
Over luxuries wanted to get...
Become basic desires to live life,
More simplistically.
And a gift of fresh air to breathe...
As dawn arises,
Is a blessing seized...
No one who has'awakened',
Can take for granted.

Although regretted,
May come nagging disappointments...
The presence of them,
Seem less stressful to agitate.
To realize life to face obstacles,
Isn't meant for anyone...
To be a cake walk above a safety net.

Faith to keep makes the taste of life
What it is with blessings,
To accept and receive to know...
God bestows.
God delivers and removes,
The 'fluff' HE decides is not working
In our lives to do HIS will.
And this, once acknowledged,
Is to remain...
One's mental feast.