Before The Change Occurred Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Few are desperate to claim they have changed.
Fearing the feeling to adapt to something fresh,
Will not be accepted by those denying its existence.
And chase them away with a loss of breath.
Especially the ones unexpecting change has this affect.
To claim change is in the midst can scare people to death.

And there are those who will declare,
Changes with them have been done.
With announcements made,
As if awaiting for them to come.
Some will even spend their time seeking validation.
As if to prove an achievement has been reached.

However...
True change is a process witnessed to be effective.
With steps that have progressed forward,
Or recessed as a stepping back.
Before the change occurred.
Without a need for it to be proclaimed.

Change is as natural as the act of sex.
And yet many find it difficult to accept.
With wishes only to have it discussed,
If for them it has been good.
And hoping to hear from someone else,
That it was and to them obvious enough.