Feelings And Thoughts Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

I remember being told,
Many years ago...
My feelings and thoughts,
To them did not matter.
But they were under the impression,
The feelings and thoughts I expressed...
Were my own alone to be kept.
And today many have discovered,
How expensive a kept ignorance can be.
Especially by those,
Who believe themselves never to be affected...
By thoughts or feelings others have,
They have turned their backs on to ignore...
To perceive they can leave them to go unaddressed.