Shown To Receive It/Known To Get Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

It is meant for you and me.
To share our experiences.
Regardless of the category.
Or opinions to not necessarily agree.
But learn from one another.
To realize more than not,
Our similarities have a common bond.
For you and me and others too,
To eventually observe this to see...
Together whenever,
We feel a need to seek...
With each other to compete.
This is done at the pleasure to humor God.
Ultimately teaching,
The value of discipline and respect.
Shown to receive it and known to get.

And like any parent,
That loses patience and tolerance...
Children often test.
God has a way,
Of bestowing the right lesson...
To whomever it is,
Taking for granted what they do to others...
God will accept.
To forgive and forget.
Without personalizing a punishment.
Appropriate enough to reminisce.

"But...
I really didn't mean to do what I did."

-You're missing the point.
I chose to do what I did.
And it is up to you,
To understand why.
And hopefully...
With time to give to yourself,
You will remember your involvement.
When you connect those dots.
To discover your doing of it was meant.-

"I...
Don't understand."

-You will.
No matter how long it takes,
Until one day...
You find yourself to be the teacher.-

"I hate school."

-In the beginning,
Most fools do!
To find themselves later in life,
Sermonizing from pulpits.
Or screaming from podiums.
Telling folks to shut up! -