On And Not Behind The Beat Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

No one should be made to feel,
Their life to live...
Is an obligation,
To appease someone's insecurities.
Finding one's own way,
Through a maze of complexities everyday.
Is enough to occupy one's mind alone.
With this done to do.
Without trying to prove,
Keeping up a rhythm out of step...
With anyone out of tune with these times,
Will not remain beneficial...
To one whose feet,
Stays 'on' and not 'behind' the beat.