Efforts

I'll not make
Any special
Efforts to
Please you

If you get
Pleased by my
Usual efforts
I'll thank my luck

If my efforts
Displease you
I'll say
Hard Luck
And wish you
‘Better Luck'
With someone else's
Efforts

Though I know
You'll not go
Anywhere
And still
Cling to me,
Expecting me
To please you
With more
Concerted efforts
As if your pleasure
Has always depended
On my special efforts!

poem by Aparna Chatterjee
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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