Better Qualified Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

It should matter not where one lives.
Or find a peace within them that stays,
To influence effectively with a doing of deeds.
Nor should it matter not,
If one believes experiences obtained to receive...
Can and could be of benefit to share with others.

Although in the doing naysayers with their druthers,
Often will come from places to appear...
To undo those intentions someone pursues,
With their misguided choices and intentions to choose...
Themselves better qualified and disguises too,
To do their best to deny progress.

~Who are they coming to protest,
The delivery of benefits everyone gets? ~

'It is just my guess and not to suggest,
They are representing the wishes of agitators.
The ones who suppress they want to leave impressed,
With actions that oppresses any attempts to progress.'

~How do you know this to notice? ~

'See these bruises and scars on my knees to expose? '

~Yes I do.~

'Don't perceive them to have been,
From my experiences crawling on foreign shores.'

~And...
Your point?
Is what? ~

'Some keep beliefs...
Their agonies are best reflected,
If they commit to inflict them...
To ensure they become not only theirs but yours.
With a hope to become rewarded for their sufferings.'

~To be identified as better qualified? ~

'And this to them makes sense? '

~Where else can you identify,
An ignorance permitted like this better qualified? ~

'That's negative.'

~I 'use' to wish they would see it that way.
But today...
Observing it with my mind distanced,
Has become for me okay.~