The Other Side Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

What are you waiting for?
Judgement to pass?
Or a truth to live it.
What are you waiting for?
More accusations to make?
To continue using denial,
As an excuse to live your life?
Well...
There it is.
Go ahead.
What are you waiting for?
A push?

"Wow!
It's much bigger than I imagined it.
So...
That's what the other side looks like? "

Yep. That's it.
Different, huh?

"It sure is.
How do I get there? "

Desire.
Lots of discipline.
Motivation.
Determination and focus.

"Where are you going?
I thought you...
I thought you were going there with me! "

I told you,
I knew of another side.
I then asked you,
To trust me to show you.
Well...
There it is!

"What about the obstacles?
How do I remove them? "

That's up to you.
I've already been through that before.

"But...
Why are you here.
Why did you come back? "

To prove to someone,
Anyone...
There was another side.
Total different to experience.
And years it took,
For me to find you.
You trusted me because you have faith.
Now use it to prove this to yourself.
I've done it and you can too!

"How do I begin?
What do I do now? "

Like I said,
I knew of another side.
There it is.
How you get there to discover what I did,
Is entirely up to you.
I'm moving forward.
Not backward.
If you want that 'other side' bad enough,
Trust me...
You will find a way to get there.
And...
Thank you.

"For what? "

Not once did you complain.
Or act as if you were disappointed.
You have no idea,
How much that means to me.
Congratulations!

"For what?

Trusting yourself.
You will need a lot of it!