Overcoming Fear Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

I have spent my entire life,
Overcoming fear.
And people who disliked,
My objection to limits.
I have never found comfort,
On what others said...
Who it is I am.
When everyday my mind finds,
I can not be defined...
To be confined to found definitions.

I have spent my entire life,
Breaking down barriers.
Or seeking acceptance in times like these,
When people will do anything...
Just to have others pleased.
To discover wherever they may travel,
Happiness to have is not within their grasp.
And I'm going to live not to look for it.
But to have.
More than fear to seek to defeat myself.