Free Of Disguises Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Difficult it is to be adult and face life,
In environments in which the doing of it...
Becomes perceived as an opposition,
Against those fantasized with fed and kept...
Honored delusions tied to beliefs religiously.

Recruited are mindsets restricted to childishness,
With a sustained effectiveness...
That entertains with benefits the ones gaining,
To profit by providing exits and escapades...
Validating with approval a running away from accountabililty.

And it has become okay to disrespect and neglect,
One's own responsibilities.
As is evident today the ones who seem to be unafraid,
To offend those who choose...
Denial to excuse what it is they intentionally do to others.

Difficult it is to be adult and face life,
In environments in which the doing of it...
Becomes perceived as an opposition,
Against those fantasized with fed and kept...
Honored delusions tied to beliefs religiously.