Photo: Dwight L. Roth
I used a repeated Tanka format for this poem.
Today at d’verse HA challenged us to look at privilege and how it affects us as individuals and as a society. I wrote this poem a couple of years ago when thinking about this very thing. I came to the conclusion that few want to hear or face the truth. They would much rather be comfortable.
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What is your measure of success. A high paying job, a big house, fancy car or perhaps fame and fortune. This may be how society labels success, but true success comes from within, not from others. Jesus told the rich young man to sell all that he had and come follow him. Sounds a little extreme, but what I believe he is really say is look within and find out who you are and what you can do to make the world a better place. Caring and loving family and friends is true success. Money without relationships is hollow and empty. James Taylor said it right in his song. “Shower the people you love with Love, show them the way that you feel…”
Success
Some succeed by accident
others by default
some by entitlement
But those who truly
make a difference
in this world
work hard
follow their heart
know who they are
do it for themselves
not to please others
knowing that success is
all about what you give
rather than what you can get
