Spoken Words Heard Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

The one thing a shown disrespect,
Accompanied by a known humiliation...
Purposely inflicted upon others can not do,
Is to remove the effectiveness of this done...
From anyone's memory.
Although...
There will be those making their claims to deny,
Having such abilities with them to attempt to try...
To erase and replace their spoken words heard,
From the eyes, ears and minds...
Of the ones exposed and stripped of their dignities,
What was done to them...
Had been stretched out of context.
And should not have affected their overly protected,
Sentiments or sensitivities.

'They should have known,
Our support of their efforts to endeavor...
Were not meant to discourage them.
For whatever the reason,
They have taken our comments made to misinterpret.'

~Don't worry about it.
Afterall...
Given time and forgiveness they will have forgotten,
The many years it has taken them to recover...
From your intentional demeaning.
Character assassinations.
And experiencing broken relationships...
To understanding how ungrateful they have been,
They allowed their lack of comprehension...
To be interpreted unjustly.
And your concern for them has never waivered.~

'Yeah, Right?
There was no need for them to take us so seriously.
Or be that sensitive about it.
No one else has complained.'

~Especially the ones who have died emotionally,
From overwhelming criticisms.~

'Right.
And they were the ones who totally misunderstood.'

~Some people are just unappreciative.~

'You can say that again.'

~Some people are just unappreciative.~