I Am Not A Random Tongue Lasher

I only know what I know.
And the undoing of my experiences,
To appease another's sensitivities...
Will not with me happen.
My honesty I have earned.
And those self evaluations,
For me did not come easy.

If I have to eliminate,
Something for years I have carried on my back.
The chances of that being taken off...
Will be quicker than ears will hear me apologize,
For a comment I've made...
Someone took as a personal attack.

And 'if' I've said anything offensive to anyone?
Trust me they have done something,
Worse to me than that.

I am not a random tongue lasher!
I deliver back what is given.
If I am given garbage...
One will get from me 'that' and lots of trash!

I've learned not to play,
With 'kids' who refuse to leave...
Their outlived but revisited playgrounds.

poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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