Something I Know Nothing About Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

A proving to me there is a lesson I need,
You assume with the taking of the position...
I eventually will learn from A to Z.
There is one thing missing,
From that perception you keep of me.
You see...
A mistaking a respect I have shown to give,
Has been, for whatever the reason...
A sign you detect is a weakness that is.

And in your mind you have fed this to feed,
With a doing to disrespect...
A truth to live you can not accept.

Well...
You have yet to meet that side of me,
That is not based upon your life lived on fiction.
Or refusing to be aware of a reality that exists.
But know this and I say it with a patience to get,
Any lesson you believe you are qualified to teach me...
I recommend you begin by ending your assumptions,
Quick!

And one more thing not to offend or start an argument,
But to your mind to send...
I define having experience with the living to acquire it.
With a knowing to show and give respect to others,
Before I assume I qualify to teach...
Someone 'something' I know nothing about,
To be left with an attitude that overheats.
You 'feel' me?