The Knock of Opportunity

Thu, 01/30/2014 - 17:12 -- Enoka

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OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS

A PRESENCE BEYOND THE THRESHOLD OF THE PRESENT EXISTANCE

THE KNOCKING IS PERSISTANT

HOW DID IT COME SO FAST

OUR ADOLESENT YEARS THAT HAVE COME TO PAST

BUT OPPORTUNITY IS KNOCKING

 

THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE, TO BECOME

A CHANCE TO SEE, OR TO BE SEEN FROM

A DISTANCE VARIED, NEAR OR AFAR

OPPORTUNITY WILL PRESENT ITSELF NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE

 

NO MATTER YOUR COLOR

BLACK, WHITE, BROWN, YELLOW, ORANGE, OR EVEN YES GREEN

OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS ITSELF TO EVERYONE READILY TO BE SEEN

BUT WHAT IS UNSEEN IN A CHARACTER IS THE DRIVING FORCE

WITHIN AN INDIVIDUAL LIES THE ABLILITY TO CHANGE HIS, OR HER COURSE

 

IS IT IN YOU TO JUST SEE THE OPPORTUNITY?

OR IS IT IN YOU TO BE THE OPPORTUNITY?

 

WILL YOU WALK YOUR DAYS EVERY WHICH WAY

GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS

OF EXPECTING WHATS EXPECTED LIVING COMFORTABLY UNREJECTED?

OR WILL YOU RUN FOR, NOT AWAY, BUT TOWARDS

EMBRACING CHANGE AND ADVERSITY

AND TAKING A CHANCE AT A UNIVERSITY

 

INVERSELY WILL YOU TAKE A SEAT

WHEN ODDS ARE THAT YOU WILL ONLY BASK IN DEFEAT?

STATISTICS RUN AGAINST YOU, RANKING YOU AS SUB-PAR

BUT OPPORTUNITY MAKES THE NUMBERS

DON’T LET THE NUMBERS MAKE WHO YOU ARE

WHEN OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS

 

WHEN OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS

SEE, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

SEEING AND BEING ALL THAT YOU CAN

A MAN MAY NEVER PLAN TO FAIL

BUT HE MAY FAIL TO PLAN

WHEN OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS

 

WHEN OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS

ALL THAT ONE MAY SEE IS FAILURE, WITH A NOTION, OR A HINT TO RISE UP

BUT WHEN YOU BE OPPORTUNITY, YOU BECOME MORE THE POTENTIAL

VIEWING FAILURE IN YOUR MENTAL AS THE ESSENTIAL

BUILDING BLOCKS FOR YOUR ASCENTION

IN CASE YOU DIDN’T HEAR ME MENTION

THE KNOCKING OF OPPORTUNITY

 

SO WHY WAIT-WHY HESITATE

WHEN IT IS YOUR TIME SOON TO BE

YOUR OPPORTUNITY IN THE MAKING

YOUR OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TAKING

 

SO YOU TELL ME

WILL YOU STAND UP AND MOVE FORTH WITH THE CONVICTION THAT IS YOURS

STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS WHO HAVE PAVED THE WAY

LOOKING FOR NOTHING BUT THE APPLIANCE

OF THE GREAT MIND YOU HAVE INSIDE

DEPRIVED WITHIN THE CONFINDES OF DOUBT

INSIDE TO OUT

 

DESTROY THE THRESHOLD

DESTROY THE DOUBT

BECOME YOUR OPPORTUNITY INSIDE AND OUT

 

SO YOU TELL ME...

WILL YOU SEE THE OPPORTUNITY

OR WILL YOU SEIZE THAT OPPORTUNITY

WHEN OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS

 

 

 

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