On Reaching a Goal

It takes dedication.
It takes dedication, and effort and work and time.
It takes focus, and knowledge, and . . . it’s hard.
It gives satisfaction
It gives satisfaction, and happiness and relief and joy.
It gives pride and pleasure and . . . it’s good.
It’s hard to achieve, its good to achieve.
Anything worth gaining hurts to get,
And I can testify to the truth of cliché with this blood sweat.
Tearing myself away from a possible future
Has proven impossible since I gained the knowledge -
“I can make it happen.”
And now it has happened.
I’m happy, feasting on the satisfaction,
Relieved to be free to be proud and pleased
With the result of the hard work and effort
That I put in for so long
Because I knew I had to be focused,
A living dedication to purpose.
But what do you propose comes next?