Detoxing From Deceit (A Dangerous Substance) Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

A cancerous mindset,
Once diseasing effectively...
Has begun to slow its defects.
With an applied treatment,
Free of Sweeteners...
Fed to unassuming youth.
Picked purposely to seduce,
On shiny things.
And blinding 'bling'.
Dangling to swing.
As they loved the attention,
Eyes upon them would bring.

Shots fired to kill...
Just for the thrill to flaunt,
And swagger bling.
Brought no lasting satisfaction
When sitting in prison,
Listening to inmates scream...
By the hour.
Being degraded in gangbang,
Showers.
Left feeling devoured,
By scholars of crime.

Detoxing from deceit.
A dangerous substance...
Administered to their beliefs,
Begins awakening the ones...
Connecting the dots to realize,
It's not what 'blings'.
Or dangling shiny things,
That makes life worth living.
Nor is it the main ingredient,
In the mix that makes life...
A blessing bestowed,
More meaningful to live it.

This cancerous mindset,
Left to spread only shows...
Those youth targeted,
With an ease to drug.
Soliciting poison.
Where they nest to infest...
Certain. And intentional,
Monitored death.
Until eyes clear to open wide.
To recognize...
Who supplies the genocide.
And with an ease,
To destroy...
Dignities. Identities.
To ruin possibilities,
Of a collective unity.
A unity diminished,
By an extinguished...
Self respect.
And a condoned to welcome,
Destroying of themselves.

Detoxing from deceit.
Is a difficult battle,
To fight against and defeat.
And takes more,
Than just protesting.
This war takes a complete...
Facing to eliminate,
The feeding that addicts...
A craving to satisfy,
False beliefs!