Having No Fear To 'Appear' To Be Stupid Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Taking in hand a pen to write,
But not knowing where to begin...
Or start with a seeking,
For a meaning that completes...
An ending that satisfies,
Is not easy to stop a topic...
That a writer feels inside has arrived.

Taking in hand a pen to write,
Is a task that becomes difficult...
When it becomes realized,
Others exposed to it might criticize.
And the writer prepares to be offended,
By those unwilling neither to understand...
Or comprehend what it takes to be exposed.

'If you were not a writer,
What would you be? '

~A teacher encouraging students,
To disagree with me.~

'Why would you want them to disagree? '

~I would want them to realize,
Learning is an exchange of thoughts...
And possibilities.~

'But how effective would that leave 'you',
As a teacher? '

~My students would leave me 'thinking'.
To discover the process of it never ends.
Without having expectations,
What someone has is owed to them given.~

'And that would teach to them what? '

~Not to accept to believe,
Everything they are taught...
Without thinking to ask questions.~

'Even stupid ones? '

~That's the purpose of learning.
Having no fear to 'appear' to be stupid.
I would want them on their own,
To discover the ones refusing to admit it.~