Sacrifice

As we grow into adults We get lesson after lesson Of sacrifice And we’re shown again and again Its rewards We sacrifice For our kids For our family For that car For this house For that job For this status We go without We abstain We hold back All for a greater cause This time My lesson Will be the sacrifice made For me For my craft For my writings I will sacrifice time from the kids Because they’d rather be somewhere, anywhere, other than hanging with their mom I will sacrifice time from my spouse Because he’d much rather have more time to talk with his mistress than talk with me about our future I will sacrifice money from my measly earnings Because I may be living paycheck to paycheck but the few dollars spent to be amongst other people who share the same passion of writing Is worth it to me I will sacrifice whatever is needed Because I believe It is time