Neighbors Arming Themselves Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Is it worth it to create distant conflicts,
With a purpose to insist...
One's perception of peace to get and to keep,
Is not what another wishes?
But would rather dismiss.
To leave those with these perceptions left,
Doing their best to interpret internal unrest...
As their own foundations crack to crumble,
While those protest interests of theirs go neglected.
And left ignored while a peace perceived stumbles,
To yet to be believed by neighbors arming themselves...
With the latest and best high tech security systems?
Sold with beliefs they are better protected from fears.
When it's becoming obvious 'who' wants them scared to death,
To further depend on deceptions relied upon to accept.