Student Of Life Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

I do the best I can,
As a writer to condense...
An experience I may have had,
With the purpose to share...
My observations with others,
Hoping the doing of this...
Communicates similar interests.

Nothing I attempt as a poet,
Is meant...
From a podium sent.
To be lectured.
For those suggested,
To take notes for tests.

Nor do I feel obligated,
To explain a changing to do...
A Point of view.
Some days begin sunny.
Without a cloud in the sky.
But I don't groan and complain,
With those who did not...
Expect a drop of rain.
I regard it,
As part of the process.
Being wet is better,
Than getting blisters on feet.
Dragged bare,
Through heated sand...
Of the Sahara.

I don't preach to teach.
Quote scriptures or Bible thump
Like some who define,
All aspects of hypocrisy.
No claim I make,
To fake 'sainthood'.
And I listen to comprehend,
Others who express opinions...
Different than my own.

I am a student of life.
A living exhibit,
Of a work in progress.
Knowing to accept,
And not reject...
From where my lessons,
To learn and obtain...
A gaining of wisdom come.