Without A Prior Menu Used Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Only those who make up their minds,
To do something concrete...
That validates their time.
Do this with such fixed focus,
And grow!

Often a connection between loyalty,
With discipline, determination and dedication...
Mixed,
Produces evidence of success from it.

However,
Few can continue...
Without a prior menu used.
They look to be rewarded,
With a discounted way of pursuing life.

'What comes with 'that',
If I should order 'this'? '

And it would seem for the one who dreams...
An achieved reality is reached!
A happiness stirs and occurs inside.
And it does...
But,
So long has the road been journeyed!

There is one thing left,
That has not been satisfactorily addressed.
And that is...
The sacrifice and loneliness invested.
What fills that hole?

No tangible 'perks' observed can undo,
Words heard of discouragement...
'LAZY'
'DELUDED'...
And,
Lives with 'mama' and will never amount to nothing!

And still those vicious lips remain on city streets.
Living with their 'mamas' and doing nothing to achieve.
And they call 'themselves' men!