Hoping That A Kept Threat Clears Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Obstacles are tests we get in life to know,
We face them to erase them.
Then go...
Challenged by another obstacle.
Some become familiar.
While others more advanced,
Can leave us trapped in trances.
Wanting to wish them fantasized to romance.

Obstacles are tests we get in life to know,
It's always better to remain prepared.
Since lessons taught get more difficult to learn.
And are meant to keep us aware,
There is much more to life...
Than demanding our expectations be met.

Life to live experienced,
Takes patience and some tolerance.
And often dropping wiped away tears.
Tears dropping nonstop to disbelieve,
There comes a time in our lives...
That a taking responsibility leaves,
No one else certified but ourselves to qualify.

Life to live experienced,
Takes getting off a fence.
And jumping in the middle of fear.
To rid it.
Not hoping that a kept threat clears.

Obstacles to face can't be chased away,
To rid.
With eyes closed or turned up noses,
Hoping that a kept threat clears.
And too many embrace a faking of their faith,
By hoping that their obstacles...
Disappear.
But a life to live to do it best gets tested.
With no exceptions or excuses made to hear.