Expectation Of Reprisal Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Are you trying to find a way,
To save what now exists?
Is that like a soul...
That has been tossed about in thoughtlessness?
And now finds a consciousness,
Collectively perceived beginning to slip?
One that has been insisted,
But resisted to produce and absorb...
The need for struggle and prolonged conflicts?

Is that like the undoing,
Of that which should not have been done?
Hoping that something said or taught,
Will erase with forgiveness,
And accept a wholesomeness that comes?
When 'you' are ready to get serious...
And release your nonsense,
Believed to bring a comfort...
When you are done,
With a self destructiveness
That has lost its fun?

Is the sting that has stung...
Too painful to accept?
Then you must have been satisfied,
With a numbness gone...
And you can't go on with feelings of regret!

But yet...
You were warned,
Your actions could not go on...
Without an expection of reprisal!
Felt deep to increase an understanding.
Although you perceive a prayer or two,
Will provide a new dawn,
To clear your view!
Is that what you think?
Who and what...
Taught this lesson to you?

'I've never seen this before!
Why are You patting Your foot,
Impatiently?
What are Your plans for us...
My Father?
May I get a sneak peek?
Will this be revealed to me? '