Opportunity

Opportunity

opportunities are like lost objects,

It seems like you know where

they are until you need them

but when you need them, you walk back to where they are

and find yourself staring into a blank space.

People say, don’t let opportunity pass you by

when it comes knocking on your door,

but maybe they are wrong.

Opportunity is the door that you have to go knock on,

you have to find it yourself, and come up to it,

awkwardly say, hello, "I'm Kyle Marino and I’m looking for Opportunity."

Or maybe Opportunity does come knocking at your door,

but you shy away from opening the

door to a stranger.

Opportunity rings once, twice, assumes you aren’t home,

and leaves.

When you finally muster up enough courage and

you come to the door, and realize that Opportunity has left.

Recently, I had a once-in-a-lifetime experience,

where I was busy doing nothing.

Opportunity knocked once, twice,

pulled out her axe and took the door down,

ran into my living room, put a bag over my head, and kidnapped me.

Only when I was tied to a chair with my eyes held open

presented with this opportunity,

I realized not to walk by her every day

not noticing her presence on the shelf,

but to take a hold of Opportunity when

I had the chance.