Dust Off Those Wings Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

I am not saying your point of view is not validate.
Or that your perspective has been repetitively defined.
It has!
And I have not been exposed to any growth in your mind.
Of that I am convinced.

I too am here to learn!
And that is why I am leaving you where you are.
To satisfy both of our decisions.
You wish to dissect the reason why birds fly.
I wish to join them in the doing of it!

Maybe one day we will observe life in a similar way.
But right now,
Something inside me says...
'It is time to get to steppin'!
Dust off those wings.
If regrets are to be experienced...
Do it when they arrive.
But right now...
Soar and sing!
And IF you grow tired of the flight...
You 'might' experience regret.
But not before you are trying to make strides...
Others are attempting to delay.'

That is what I choose to listen to!
And that is what I am going to obey.
With no approval that my decision is 'okay'
From anyone.