Realizing Poem by J.M Berger

I am so anxious to start the rest of my life
That sometimes I forget the importance of right now.
I am a man but I am still growing up.
I don't know everything there is to know,
I couldn't.
Maybe I ask too much of people-
I ask people to be decent and have emotions and care,
I ask them, think about what others are going through
Put themselves in other peoples' shoes...
But if I can't do that myself, where do I get off?
And I wonder where these angry people come from
Yet I am one myself.
How can I be angry when I know such great joy?
I have such a strong, pure light to guide me
So how can I get so lost?
Love is the star that guides me.
Love has always been our guide.
Love of discovery.
Love of excitement.
Love of something better than what we know,
Someone better who makes us feel worthy.
I have had this compass- my heart- the whole time
I should know by now to follow it.
I will not jeopardize this perfect future
Because of a moment's tension throwing me off course.
This is the last time I get lost
In the murkiness of this dark swamp called anger.
I have so many better things to do
Than sit here sinking into that hole.