Another Way To Look At This Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

What is it that permits,
An ongoing insanity allowed.
And committed against humanity.
Begun by a destructive selfishness,
Continuing without boundaries.
Eventually devouring itself,
Into an oblivion.
Conflicting with God's,
Creative vision to dissolve.

And yet...
There is another way,
To look at this.
A way those self-righteous,
And blinded...
Will not perceive as negative.

We now have willfully,
And consciously invited...
To prolong its visit.
A craze so abnormal,
It has become accepted as common.
Leaving many unphased,
By the quality of life...
Sliding into darkened pits,
Of an eternal abyss.

And choices left to be made,
Is to either,
Take a position above the pit.
Looking down into it.
Or standing at the bottom,
With a positive disposition...
Looking up to hope,
Those living become enlightened...
By the experience.