Kept Beliefs Discovered To Smother Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

The practice of denial,
Keeps a feeling.
That one is trapped.
And becoming offended by others,
Usually keeps a mind wrapped.
Quick to defend.

Holding onto perceptions believed,
Is not a freeing done.
If one feels discomfort.
By what is said and by which ones.

And it is not easy to release,
From kept beliefs discovered to smother.
Until another seems to care less.
How and who addresses a differentness,
They possess.
With a showing of less or no stress.

The practice of denial,
Keeps a feeling.
That one is trapped.
And traps hold and keep intact,
That which is not freed.
Physically, mentally or spiritually.