Livng In Fear To Live Life Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

As I grow older I feel as if,
I still have my pick...
To select from an array,
From a variety of broadened choices.

Curiosity to explore the unknown,
Had me to face a host of experiences.
Some to admit mistakes made.
But none that left me without lessons learned.
And I did to do to not regret,
Tears to cry and disappointments met.

And today as I grow older,
With a kept wisdom I have earned...
So many afraid to have taken chances,
Without it to recognize or come to acknowledge...
How chances to take enriches to enhance their lives,
Are the ones sitting reminiscing to wish,
A reliving of a life to do those things...
Others may have regarded to be stupid and foolish.
So glad I rebelled to refuse those restrictions to limits.
And had youth on my side,
To dare hop those fences with it done to stride.

And growing older everyday I still feel as if,
What is the meaning and real purpose...
To be given life to live...
If living in fear to live life is accepted to prioritize,
With others to share too frightened...
To live life with a doing to choose what they wish
And too afraid their choices may not be approved,
By those folks who provoke them to stay...
Enclosed within shadows blocked and locked away,
To keep thoughts of shining brightly...
Forever in their minds with time wasted.

And as I grow older,
The only thing I think I had wasted...
Was a making a sandwich,
I lost an appetite to eat.