Without Needing Ego Affidavits Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

An accomplishment achieved,
Is first acknowledged to believe...
By the one not in need,
To have it validated and certified...
With a doing to identify,
The effort it took to arrive.

Since the only one convinced of it,
Is the one who has accomplished...
Without needing ego affidavits,
Or ceremonial affirmations...
Affixed to public confirmations.
To sacrifice with it condoned is known.

An accomplishment achieved,
Is first acknowledged to believe...
By the one not in need,
To have it validated and certified...
With a doing to identify the effort it took,
To arrive AND survive it shown to 'self' FIRST.