Leaving Behind Any Expectations Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

I have yet to find it,
Constructive, productive 'or' beneficial...
To offer an opinion, suggestion,
Or solicited advice to anyone who has asked...
With a doing this done to do in the past,
To have left anyone to feel...
More determined, motivated or to feel enlightened.
Or to have them dismiss my experience,
By telling others I am sensitive when they do this.

Sensitive?
No.
Outraged?
Yes.

Lessons taught to me,
That honesty is not 'always' the best policy...
Has kept me to keep my opinions, suggestions,
Or advice I had been tempted to give...
To myself these days.
And freed from my ears to hear,
Words said by others of what I would do to my mother.
Holes on my body from where I made deposits.
And where I could go with a doing to do well.

Sensitive?
No.
Outraged?
Yes.
And 'if' I detect anyone perceiving I am easy to desrespect,
To the nearest exit I step with no regrets.
With a leaving behind any expectations I might have had.

When it comes to 'my' experience,
I wont let someone with less...
Believe it to perceive they could or should qualify it.
It's not going to happen.
Those days are long gone when I made attempts to impress.
It's only with love kept that keeps me motivated.

'I may not agree with your assessment.
But I admire your directness.'

And I have found it better not to be persuaded by perceptions.