Nothing Can Replace Determination Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

I have always been led to believe,
Anyone with initiative...
And a dream to create their own destiny,
Has prepared to achieve this...
By doing it to face obstacles to erase.

I have always been led to accept,
A sacrificing to reject opposition...
Hanging around my doorstep,
Throwing doubts upon my path...
To prevent my success,
Never should I neglect those tests I've passed.

And...
I have always expected,
Each movement ahead I made to take...
Would reveal what I suspected,
With others implementing to agitate...
Ensuring my failure they would salivate.

But I did not hesitate.
I continued on and prevailed.

I have always been led to believe,
Anyone with initiative...
And a dream to create their own destiny,
Has prepared to achieve this...
By doing it to face obstacles to erase.

And...
Nothing can replace determination.
Or one focused with commitment,
Driven by desire.
I have always been led to believe,
One like this can and will succeed.