Integrity Practiced Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Deceivers may attempt to impress others,
With rehearsed qualities they 'seem' to possess.
But integrity one has and naturally displayed,
Is rarely in public seen to be interpreted as practiced.
It is there with them to be felt and always shared.
Yet difficult it is in some environments,
In which many are taught to value being pretentious...
To know which ones have spent their time behind masks,
Becoming skilled at it to later disappoint their believers.