A question of talent and work
If, you have discovered your talent
And if, it is something you love
This is the world on a tightrope
Do you choose to focus?
If, you have a certain potential
Are you ready to squander it
And give in to future years
Of holding your breath with regret?
If, by some sense of folly
You put the needs of others
Ahead of your own, can you
Reckon with the realization
That you squandered your talent?
Between your thoughts
As you walk to the place
Where you do your labour
In the morning, inching across
The space-time of your private
Agony and written there
In your soul’s secrets
Would you let yourself admit
That you once had talent?
I guessed as much, so
Teeter and succeed, and do not
Accept failure, but walk ahead
For talent is stranger that we
Might imagine, it requires
An incredible amount of work
To fulfill, make it work for you.
