Before A Stampede Begins Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Instead of lowering your expectations,
Seek a seat to sit...
Not so high in the bleechers.
You will immediately see clearer,
A game you think could be played much better...
To witness closely,
How incompetent and unprepared,
Those who coach...
Look as if they had already missed a boat.
And those high expectations you kept,
Will be hopes of getting through an exit...
Before a stampede begins!

'Can you explain to me what's going on? '

~Honestly, I can not.
But I can tell you,
Which exits have fewer people...
Standing behind those who already know,
A leaving to do pro-actively...
Is much better than to await,
For confirmation of their disappointment to arrive.~

'I don't understand.'

~Keeping sitting where you are.
And anything misunderstood not to comprehend,
Will eventually come to provide much clarity.~