Spending Time Getting Upset Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

If my perceptions given,
From my point of view upsets...
Try to acknowledge,
The life I live...
Has been experienced by the making,
Of my own footsteps.
And with a doing to face those obstacles,
I remember doing alone to have met.

So if I express 'something' you don't expect,
It is the life I live from my own perception I address.

Now...
Had you been living 'your' life,
Being fed perceptions that should leave me impressed?
And those perceptions that don't impress me,
Has left you upset?

Well,
Hopefully...
When the reality of this is comprehended,
You will find spending time getting upset...
Has been a wasted foolishness.
And I pray you're not awaiting for my expressions of regret!
Because my footsteps will still be left for me alone to make.

'Yeah but...
You shouldn't say those things that offend.'

And I spend my time seeking to find ways,
To offend you...
Right?
And with a priority I should give to you day and night,
To ignore the living of my own life.
Right?
Well,
Hopefully...
When the reality of this is comprehended,
You will find spending time getting upset...
Has been a wasted foolishness.