Watch Before You Leap Poem by Michael Eziudo

Hope the man has grown to know the truth
Hope the truth has grown to clarity and factual worth
Needs and wants differ in meaning
And the truth stands upon the desire of the need

Have mine eyes beheld my desire
Or have they seen orange and chaff
Am I sure of his offer and of his words
Or is he a hit and run driver with the latest car on a smooth road

Should I trust her love for me and act alike
Or satisfy this immediate want and still spray my net for another fish
Would he truly take me as I take him
And trust my desires, my person and my belief
Or would he crush my tender budding heart and tomorrow has flown abroad

Watch before you leap
A nursery rhyme that teaches no haste in life
And no quick journey to this trip
That has blessing as profit divine
Upon the gold fetched for its pleasant wine