Decency And Respect Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Trust to receive but deceived to manipulate it,
Will never again...
Be thought okay to leave that trust,
With anyone who proves they can not be honest.
And lies as if preparing to compete,
In an annual World wide lieing competition.
Today?
When trust and honesty are scrutinized to suspect,
And deception and lies to expect...
Before considering truth to hear it is produced.
We are living in those times when all minds,
Have become distrusting of anyone...
Who appears to represent decency and respect.