It 'Only' Took Fifty Years Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

A wishing for success to achieve,
Takes more than just a wish to get it.
If anyone isn't motivated,
With initiative and kept patience to believe...
To then have a willingness to sacrifice,
Many sleepless nights and ignoring temptations...
Craving to appetite,
A wishing for a success to achieve...
Will always be perceived,
To come to those who are extremely lucky.

'You are one lucky person.'

~I know.
And to think it 'only' took fifty years,
For me to realize it.~

'FIFTY YEARS?
Fifty?
Wow!
What on Earth have you been doing all that time? '