"At the Poolside" (poem)

A prompt from Poetic Bloomings:

"Write a poem from your future successful self giving advice to your present day self, and convince yourself to stay the course."

~ At the Poolside ~

The breeze is cool,

Down by the pool

I sip my gin with ice.

There is no day

Without pay –

Oh, how very nice!

My older self,

Reach for that shelf

You keep your future on!

Do what is right:

Get down and write,

Before the urge’s all gone!

Be strong, be brave:

You’ll have to slave,

You will turn thin and pale;

But fate is kind,

And when you find

That paycheck in the mail –

The very first

One – what a burst

Of joy! You’ll grin and grin!

Then there’ll be more –

Paycheck galore!

And oceans of gin!

So, please my self,

Dust off that shelf,

Turn on that light within,

Your talent use!

You snooze – I lose:

No pay, no pool, no gin!

Get off life's hook,

And write that book,

Unleash your voice divine!

I know, you can,

For I’m your fan,

The older self of mine!

Live for the Love of it,

The Happy Amateur

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