Priorities Kept To Keep
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Doing all you can at the best you can do.
For someone else and others too.
Without complaints or excuses made.
Yet this to you is not displayed.
Delayed or anticipated to come your way.
Proving respect to give it understood,
Has not been taught to them to understand...
How important it is not to take for granted,
People who choose to do without asking...
Are not waiting around,
Wishing for a bone thrown to retrieve.
Hoping to receive a special treat.
And this to view should be a lesson learned.
To remember not to expect,
A thoughtfulness from anyone unconscious.
Knowing priorities to keep them had,
Is your responsibility to change.
On a daily basis when necessary.
Long gone are those days,
People are heard to admit to themselves...
Of showing negligence to someone else!
This to hear does not happen.
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Submitted by lpahtillah on June 17, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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