When I stopped taking the offensive side, <br />Immediately as I had done... <br />In my inexperienced past. <br />With a doing, <br />Whenever I had been called ignorant. <br />One day I awakened to realize, <br />It was my own ignorance I defended. <br />Until I began with a learning process, <br />That allowed a comprehension to decrease it. <br />And with an active listening I chose to start doing.<br /><br />Lawrence S. Pertillar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/with-an-active-listening/
