Rule-books and templates

I am tired of people
Who show me the book
Thoughtlessly overwrought
Like an 'on a roll' cook
And even if they did
I won't shame them on face
At the straitjacket they dish up
If they show some grace
Rule-books and templates
Are only a guide
For us to carry
Together on a ride
Whose path is known
But re-discovered in kind
The traveller ahead
Guide discreetly behind.