A Dedicated Pursuit

From youth we dream of stars.

Their call gleams and glows,

Reaching for them from afar,

With age the distance grows,

The stars shrink in between,

We reach endlessly in woes,

The journey ahead unforeseen.

Try to fulfill the heart’s needs.

A dream meant to be reality,

Give up and the passion flees,

The work akin to climbing a tree,

Every step the size of a flea,

Each small step becomes three,

Wishing to be a bee,

To reach the end more swiftly.

With tenacity passion will not fade,

The journey of work, chips away,

Every milestone another accolade,

Always striving for the big day,

Passion is a dedicated purpose,

Steps and steps of struggles overcome,

The triumph is a worthy purchase,

Battles of the past will be won.

On this day you will know at last,

The treetop view better than the grass,

The stars you dreamed are now steadfast,

Dreams turned reality firmly in your grasp.