'Do you want this? <br />Come and get it.' <br /> <br />I slept with dreams. <br />And awakened as if they existed. <br />I awakened as if... <br />In my hands I held them. <br />To realize and never to let them drift. <br /> <br />'You want this? <br />What makes you think, <br />It will be made easy... <br />For you to touch and get.' <br /> <br />And I began to taste my dreams, <br />To me fed on a daily basis. <br />Years of impatience I knew too well. <br />Rushing to succeed... <br />Had me stumbling to fall. <br />I hated being teased. <br /> <br />'Do you or do you 'not' want this? <br />How else do you expect to get it? ' <br /> <br />I could not shut that voice within up. <br />It seemed to taunt and I was beginning to have enough. <br />And then... <br />A process began within me slow. <br />Although my dreams and wishes would not let me go. <br />They were there holding onto me too tightly. <br /> <br />Slowly I began to seek teachings needed. <br />Gritting my teeth to qualify my desires. <br />And then one day I did awaken validated. <br />Feeling with a patience quite surprised. <br />And accepting what I had not realized. <br /> <br />'You want this? ' <br /> <br />Yes. <br />Yes, I do. <br />I feel I am ready. <br />And I've got patience too. <br /> <br />'Good for you. <br />Now... <br />Just with a few more steps taken, <br />All that you wish... <br />Will eventually come true for you to exist.'<br /><br />Lawrence S. Pertillar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/do-you-want-this/
