Too Late To Contemplate The Meaning Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Losing sight of how precious,
The living of life is...
Has many now facing as if blinded,
By the glimmer of bling.
And the status it brings to teach their kids,
That possessions to get and impress with...
Is far more important than air is to breathe.

And losing sight of light,
To exchange it for eternal darkness...
With expectations The Creator accepts requests,
From those choosing to undo...
What they consciously received to get,
Has not been yet proven...
There are those selected to be exceptions.

Lessons to learn to comprehend,
Takes a willingness to listen...
And ask questions to pass those tasks that test.
But many with expectations have no patience.
With a living to repeat the same mistakes to make.
To believe a return from disappointing escapes,
Will relieve them from their decisions made.

Decisions now much too late to contemplate,
The meaning...
Of consequences they face that can not be erased.