Look Forward Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

One considerate can only feed what is believed,
Good suggestions with limited advice to give.
Assisting another to remove obstacles they have to face,
May not benefit.
Once is enough to pull someone else aside...
To mention they have shoes untied!
After that...
Recommend a blindfold should be removed,
Before leaving anyone who sincerely seeks truth...
To face oncoming traffic alone.

Anything else one does to offset what happens to another,
May be considered too excessive if a life to live to experience...
Is to become more appreciated with the use of basic tools.
Even the crossing of fingers is unnecessary to do,
If one knows a job done has been to the best of one's ability.

Why keep looking back to ensure those tracks have been laid.
Look forward and keep making fresh ones.
And if someone chooses to do what they wish...
Whomever it is,
Friend, foe, family member, lover, spouse or distant relative...
Know this,
What is done 'they' choose to do...
With or without your input to accept OR approve,
Is a choice with a decision THEY made and not YOU!
If it doesn't affect what comes to 'you' next...
Keep steppin' with your business as the main objective.
Learn it is not a 'sin' to want and receive happiness.
See it to accept and keep steppin' not to neglect yourself.
LOOK FORWARD!