An Entitlement One Receives Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

To stroll through one's life,
Avoiding patience as a need to accept...
Lessons to learn without exceptions,
Maybe difficult to understand...
For those young with wishes and dreams,
With kept beliefs freedom means...
They can see what they want,
And it is delivered upon command.

But for an adult seeking to achieve success,
With an objective to impress...
There is only one lesson to comprehend,
Anything wanted takes sacrificing to find...
To do to remove obstacles.
And doubts to overcome from time to time.

Failing to correct and eliminate mistakes made,
To not appreciate what it takes to create success...
While under pressure and stress,
And a dwindling of encouragement that gets less...
From those unmotivated to care about progess,
Success continues to be a perception believed...
Foolish are those who toil and sweat,
When success to get and flaunt amongst others...
Is an entitlement one receives,
Through the playing of numbers to win lotteries.

'I missed the 'big' one by four numbers.'

~How much money did you spend? ~

'I dare to mention it.
But I did empty my account,
By continuing to use the ATM machine.'

~I do the same thing when I go to the casinos.
Once or twice a month.~

'So I guess it's pointless,
To ask to borrow twenty dollars? '

~I only have ten until my next paycheck.~

'No problem, I'll take it.'