Feeling Grateful And Blessed Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

I awaken each day,
Feeling grateful and blessed.
To have had overwhelming success,
Very early in my inquisitive life.

I awaken each day,
With memories of lessons taught.
And those who freely shared their expertise,
With sincerity shown and without deceit.
None I perceived or from them received.

I awaken each day seeking to give away,
My time to those wanting to succeed.
But sometimes this wish goes misunderstood,
By those with their kept suspicions...
That anyone who gives with a doing done to do,
Wants more to take from 'them'.
And as much as they possibly could.
If this was a choice picked and for 'them' to choose.

I awaken each day,
Feeling grateful and blessed.
To have had overwhelming success,
Very early in my inquisitive life.

HOWEVER...
To martyr my life in the sacrificing for others,
Who have selfish druthers I've come to witness AND discover.
Well, I have awakened from that...
To realize people with egos needing to be fed,
Wanted to approve my doing of backflips instead!
And 'that' talent to expose someone has to show me payment.
The biggest of BIG BUCKS! And...'before' my performance.