Jeering From A Crowd Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Success is not achieved with politeness.
Or niceties to appease those who approve.
Since no place there is for mediocrity,
When one chooses a doing to move forward.

The best suggestion there is to offer,
To anyone feeling offended...
By initiative expressed to object,
Is to get out of the way of a progress wished.

The one who walks on a path alone and does this,
To have done it with a focused purpose to accomplish...
Has a desire to be 'somebody' amongst those reluctant.
And not just anybody anonymously jeering from a crowd.