To Have What I Want Poem by DAVID TERRY

I know what I want, and I know what it means
But what I want is really irrelevant, I suppose
To have what I want means life apart at the seams
Cutting off my face to spite my nose

And still I’m moving forward in the direction so new
A year ago I would not, could not see
How forward alone could still keep me far from you
In a place where I do not want to be

Each hour I know I’m one step closer
To the time when I may be able
To be the man you wanted me chosen
And make truth out of these dreamt fables

Still to have what I want means giving up all
And I think now it’s not too steep to pay
For to not have you means denying the fall
And “I love you” never more to say