Harvesting Hollow Beliefs Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

The teaching of beliefs to think humanity,
Can succeed on greed alone...
To feed it.
Without the well-being,
Of the people kept enhanced...
To flourish mind, body and soul.
As a benefit.
With long lasting advantages.
Leaves a society,
Already showing signs...
Of becoming sickened mentally.
Yet left enchanted with failures,
To have overcome to admit them done.
Many today perceive,
As a depiction of fiction...
Written to embellish facts to distract.
That threatens a distorted reality,
Of lives some have come to live...
Primarily based upon recycled promises.
Assisting the existence of truth to ignore,
For a preference to remain deluded...
Many addicted have come to adore.
Need not worry with a fear of its shores.
Or of its borders being broken...
By undocumented immigrants.
A status once defended.
To now offend those given prestige.
And entitlements.
Since what has been destroyed,
Are the minds of those...
Harvesting hollow beliefs to achieve,
Their own self destruction done successfully.
A reputation to keep above the well-being,
Of people to guarantee them relief from grief...
Condones to make known a shown irresponsibility.