I Can Not Imagine Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

I can not imagine living,
Anywhere...
To not take notice,
Of the environment.
Or completely become disconnected,
From changes being made...
That are visably effective.
With them allowed to escape,
My attention to give a shown interest.

Nor can I imagine living anywhere,
To have my life affected for decades...
As the quality of it fades to decay.
And then decide with others to protest,
How so many have been ravaged...
By a decline that has reached their doorsteps.
To then have it 'suggested',
A collected unity...
Can prevent a disaster 'now' all have come to see.
With it pretended what is seen is disbelieved.

I can not imagine living,
Anywhere...
To not take notice,
Of the environment.
Or completely become disconnected,
From changes being made...
That are visably effective.
With them allowed to escape,
My attention to give a shown interest.
But then again,
What I have witnessed without imagining...
Seems to re-occur,
As if the doing had been time-released.

'Why aren't you joining us to prevent,
What is happening in our community? '

~I've done that to do too many times.
To find my recommendations to suggest,
Were thought to be negative.
And they were quickly rejected.~

'But times have changed! '

~I know.
And as the old saying goes...
Why beat a dead horse,
To try to revive it to come back alive.
When a leaving it alone,
Is the best thing one can do.
With a proving to accept a making forward steps,
Is best for the one who chooses to move on.
Since what is dead and obvious,
Can not thrive on death as a preference.~

'That doesn't make sense.'

~I know.
And no more time will I waste,
Imagining it can happen.~