Persistence Sits Within Me Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

A persistence sits within me not to quit.
As if on an adventure,
With my own dreams to pick.
Inside I remain fixed with a focusness.

Passionate with a dedication unresisted,
All that I am and could ever be...
I have prepared myself,
To sacrifice temptating wants I don't need.

A persistence sits within me.
Like a cat with nine lives,
Obstacles I face...
And fears from me seem to be erased.

There is a persistence I admit that sits within me.
I can not sleep peacefully,
Until my dreams I touch to taste.
Until that taste satisfies to please.

Like a cat with nine lives,
I dare to climb with my eyes on the prize.
And those obstacles I face...
Somehow in my mind they become erased.
Since...
A persistence sits and will not quit.
That persistence sits within me quick.