Preparing For Success Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Preparing for success,
Is more appreciated when it finally comes...
For the one who has made sacrifices.
To do to tolerate,
Whatever it was others had or had not done.
And knowing better than anyone else,
What motivates a kept initiative and the incentive.
A discipline to keep that way isn't often on display.
However...
Those who believe success should be achieved,
With it to receive by deceiving anyone...
Are often the ones,
Perceiving they can defeat...
Someone who has become familiar,
With facing obstacles to rid them.
As if the shoes worn by someone shone to shine,
Had been recently purchased and not cleaned of mud!