Many Moonlit Nights And Dawns Long Gone Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

It becomes difficult to forgive and forget,
Those who have been made convinced...
One has not earlier in a life that is lived,
Suffered to experience tragic yet unknown...
Emotionally stunning and heartbreaking events.
Since many people assume,
Rumors heard and gossip they have created...
Is true and validated by those they depend upon,
To get their daily and updated local news.
Repeated to intensify their amusement infused.

Only to discover inflicted acts of another's abuse...
When their minds have cleared,
Of mental debris they have solicited to now blindly use...
Hollow and pointless apologies they wish to give,
To find this futile movement to prove themselves wrong.
Regardless how strongly sincere the singing of their songs,
Sung but can not replace or erase from the memories revisited...
Of the one who has observed them all being made fools too quick,
For many moonlit nights and dawns long gone...
To merit the addressing of expressed guilt left felt they feel.