Remembered To Never Forget Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

I am not angered,
Or kept embittered...
By false perceptions,
Some may have of me.
I can understand,
How first impressions made...
May leave a picture,
Left to perceive...
Delivers a fixed unchanged,
Reality.
I can understand that.
If I stayed to remain,
Exhibited.
But...
I am not.
If I am offended,
By remarks intended...
To ignite within me a spark.
I don't bite back.
Snarl, growl or bark.
I walk away quietly to await,
For one seeking publicly...
To use me to get attention.
With a giving of mine to give,
Undivided.
To ensure what they receive...
Has been personally delivered.
I have found this to be...
The best way to have a message,
Remembered to never forget.