There Is A Big Difference Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

It is both a duty and a privilege,
To be able to do this.
And to discover a persistence,
That has my loyalty attached to it.

I think of those without hobbies at all.
And devoted to a job until retirement calls.
With no other interest,
That is creatively expressed.

To exist to get a piece of that dangling 'pie'...
With the hopes that the taste of it,
Satisfies.
Never attracted my ambitions.

It is both a duty and a privilege,
To be able to do this.
And to discover a persistence,
That has my loyalty attached to it.

Oh,
I have heard it said many times...
My contributions are worthless.
And how I chose to be lazy...
Because I did not choose to work!

And no one that I know,
Has pursued what I've chosen to do.
Even though what I do appears easy
However...
There is a big difference.
They are paid wages for a 9 to 5.
And I'm not paid a cent,
For my 24/7 devotion.

It could be debated I am crazy.
But I am certainly far from lazy.
I don't rush home to watch TV.
Or find I have slept,
To be awakened by commercials.