If we did not have a yesterday.... <br />Would it be tomorrow we now live? <br />To say that today... <br />What we could have done then, <br />With a doing more today... <br />To have our way as lived? <br /> <br />Could anyone honestly say or admit, <br />To a living with disappointment... <br />'If', <br />We knew those seeds planted grew... <br />Today? <br /> <br />Those 'ands', <br />With their 'ifs' to 'but'... <br />Crops up in memories, <br />Too much. <br /> <br />And dreams and wishes do come true, <br />To be fulfilled. <br />They do! <br />'But'... <br />A wanting more to add onto those dreams, <br />We don't give up. <br />There is a wanting of more stuff. <br />With an allowing of disappointment. <br /> <br />People can't be teased or tempted, <br />Enough. <br />No! <br />People want to be kept real pleased... <br />With a doing away of the rough. <br />For more fluff. <br />To puff and strut with a flaunting. <br /> <br />People can't be teased or tempted, <br />Enough. <br />No! <br />To want and choose to validate... <br />What was eatened, <br />They ate. <br /> <br />People can't be teased or tempted, <br />Enough. <br />No! <br />To compromise on their licking of sugar, <br />To appreciate what it takes... <br />With a serving done on their plates. <br />And delivered as is wished. <br /> <br />People can't be teased or tempted, <br />Enough. <br />No! <br />To want and choose to validate... <br />What was eatened, <br />They ate. <br />Baited to order and made... <br />For them, <br />To suit their whims... <br />With a eating, <br />Of everything given as wished... <br />On their plates, <br />Today! <br /> <br />And... <br />Refuse, <br />A serving they wish to dismiss... <br />Ordered yesterday. <br /> <br />Yes, <br />And... <br />Refuse, <br />A serving they wish to dismiss... <br />Ordered yesterday. <br /> <br />And just, <br />Too confused... <br />To recognize what they had ordered, <br />And wished... <br />From their yesterdays.<br /><br />Lawrence S. Pertillar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-serving-they-wish-to-dismiss/
