Whether To Give It Or Get Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Without 'us' together,
A happiness kept to keep and have...
Did not to me then seem possible.
We were sharing too many dreams.
So many hopes we had it seemed,
Time was all that limited us...
From fulfilling our every wish.

Me? Today?
With fewer challenges,
And even less obstacles out of my way...
To fear them faced,
I've become prepared to embace...
The coldest of shoulders,
And steel protected hearts.

When you departed to leave,
With a taking with you your selfishness...
You may have perceived,
From me you also took all my happiness.
Yet time to have still left to myself,
Helped me realize...
Whether to give it or get,
My happiness is here to share,
With shoulders warm and a heart that cares.
To know it and confess I've been blessed.