#SoCS – A poem – Do you want it enough?

You tell me you want

your time in the sun

To dance in the light

that reflects from your fame

Do you really want it?

Do you want it enough?

To give up the good things

like relaxation and rest

and sleeping late in your bed

Are you sufficiently attracted?

to trade perceived fun for work

sitting in the office,

beavering away

while your friends watch movies,

eat out, drink and socialise

spending their day

having a jolly good time

Can you be disciplined and sit

at a computer for hours

tapping out words

while creating worlds,

actions and events,

that form themselves into books?

Will you watch the world passing

through the glass of your window

while you pursue the fantasy

you hope to achieve, but may not

Few things in this life

come without paying the price

and the tag that comes with fame

and its bedfellow fortune

is usually…