At Dawn I Get Up Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

'Something' has me wanting more,
Than a having of a common sense.
A sense I find not to be that common.
Nor can I take the credit for it.

'Something' has me wanting more,
Than just a good time found now and then...
With friends or associates,
For laughs and grins and unending gossip.

I've shared love before.
To know it real.
And I gave it to give.
With it to receive.

I've had my ups and downs.
To know them felt.
And believed disappointments,
From me would never leave.

But today...
At dawn with the Sun I get up.
Knowing...
Something I've earned is deserved.
And coming.
With it known...
At dawn,
I get up...
Knowing what comes is deserved.