The better offer

Copyright ©1996 by Richard J. Sereday Jr.
All rights reserved

It seems like I am always being outbid 
by the better offers of others. 

When I offer all I have to offer, 
it seems that someone always has 
just a little more appealing offer, 
rendering my offer, 
seemingly short of the mark. 

But do these to whom I offer, 
really understand 
just what it is that I offer? 

I offer things that most are not even capable of giving, 
but I don't try to wrap my offers in a facade 
of false glamour and glitter as do so many others. 

Some of the most beautifully wrapped packages 
contain nothing but disappointment within, 

while some of the most modestly wrapped gifts 
hold some of the greatest treasures 
one could ever hope to own. 

You will not find me trying to sell the value of my offerings, 
as a salesmen would, 

for they are things that only the one wise enough to see 
the value of within, is deserving of. 

My generous offers will be one day received by one who will not be fooled 
by the glamour and glitter of other offers. 

Only she will be deserving of such a precious gift.