If you will please people, you must please them in their own way; and as you cannot make them what they should be, you must take them as they are. ~ Lord Chesterfield

Everything I do, I do for you.
Why don’t you appreciate it?
Why do you find fault in all I do?
I do so much and you see more
that you think should have been done,
that you have more merit but did not say…
Only when you tell me what to do
and I drop all else, do it, stand by
and wait for more instructions.
I’ve told you and you don’t hear,
don’t see the truth when I tell you
what I need, what I’ve done for you,
how I have no me, only you.
You still tell me what to do
and I do it…sometimes.
The difference is that I know
I cannot please you,
that I’ll fall short of your desires.
But I know what I do,
how you benefit,
and I’m content.