Have You Been Here Before? Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Have you been here before?
At this moment in time?
To know me to find,
A judgement to pass?
Have you?

I haven't.

Nor could I put myself in a position,
As a technician to mentor with expertise...
To suggest to anyone which steps to take,
That will ease their life successfully.
With a lesser affect of heartbreak.

I can't.

Can you preview tomorrow,
From where you are today?
To say with a guarantee,
My life will be free from making mistakes.
And no regrets will I express prepared to fake.

Have you been here before?
At this moment in time?
To know me to find,
A judgement to pass?
Have you?

I haven't.
That's not on my wish list.

And yet...
You can qualify yourself,
To judge me?
And you expect me not to be upset?
Or not think of you as someone who oppresses?

I do.
But I will not waste my life,
Deciding if I should stop to wonder why.