I Then Did Not Know Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Today...
I've decided with hindsight shown,
All nonsense I have ever tolerated...
Has ended to be cemented,
In concrete to stay that way.
And behind me to be left alone to condone.
As experiences I have accepted.
With having no regret, tears to shed or grief,
To have left them to leave.
Acknowledging happiness I deserve to receive.

The discovery of solitude,
As a benefit of my kept peace...
Leaves me to understand and comprehend,
No longer is my patience and respect given...
Are accessible 'entities' easy to leech,
By demons who thought of me as their feast.
And I then did not know,
My willingness to be available...
Had been interpreted as seeking an attention to get.
With a 'character' perceived by others as weak.

Today I have peace and happiness kept.
Regardless who believes,
My peace to have with happiness...
Would be their loneliness to get up and leave.