Exceeding Expectations

Working every day

Every damn day

At something you love

So that on most days

It doesn’t feel like a job

But that doesn’t mean

That you aren’t working your ass off

Honing your craft

Pushing yourself

To learn new skills

Reveling in the joy

Of creating something

So that at the end of each day

Something new exists

Brought forth into existence

By you alone

Birthed from your imagination

Does this make you god?

You are, after all

Creator of this new world

Breathing life

Into characters

Evoking emotions

You are lord and master

But you’re also the lowly worker

Plodding along

To carry out the tasks

That are the natural effect

Of creativity’s cause

You are all things

When you labor for a love

But after years of this work

Provided you stick it out

Someone will notice

And be drawn to you

Suddenly you will feel a change

A shift in your gravitational pull

Your opinion will have more weight

And your universes

Will re-align themselves

Pushing you to the center

Because all of that hard work

Will pay off

And you’ll become

An overnight sensation

Not just because

You’ve worked your ass off

But because you’ve

Exceeded expectations

And when that happens

I want to be by your side

Because you’ve been

Exceeding my expectations

Since the first instant

We met

And it’s about time

That the rest of the world

Noticed you too

So don’t give up

Even as you work

Every damn day

It’s darkest

During the long night

You must wait out

To be an overnight success

And the day will dawn bright

When those expectations

Have been exceeded