Reliance

Comfort fears the possible,

amenities appear essential.

Trusting in others

above your own ability,

you lose the ambition to act.

Waiting hours

and surprised by friendly blindness,

confronted by the gaps in the facts

of life as we see it

we breathe in surprises

and exhale expectations.

You need half of what you want

and wanting fuels desire

and inspires the pursuit.

Every night I go to bed with regret

and awake with optimism.

The reliance tree