Denial To Live Hypocrisy Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

I want you calm and peaceful.
And living unafraid of truth to face it.
Or your faith to keep,
Deceived as a weakness.
To have it believed a show of strength,
Must be proven with weapons.
Like many who are sold on this false belief!

Only those who are told,
What they should do to impress.
Live never to know truth to accept.
Or the meaning of honesty.
Inside to recognize,
The strength and depth of this felt.

And you,
To claim...
Dignity, identity and self respect.
Why is it still you have not achieved,
This to reflect and not defend...
Yourself to pretend to be someone else?
Why is it do you live,
More to prioritize approval and acceptance to get?
Are you living the comfort of a hypocrite?
Or one who lives in denial disbelieving it to hide.