Not Theirs To Own Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Why is it that those who are picked,
To suffer through accusations upon them made...
Are sought after as time passes,
To be the ones most reliable...
And honest with their opinions given.
Whether or not they had been solicited.
And...
Would be the ones most likely to forgive and forget.
With a disregarding as to who put them through,
Heartache and pain to witness their broken relationships.

However...
Too many today take those they have betrayed,
For granted.
Too many today who had deceived and kept it that way,
Believe revelations they have come to face...
Can be easily erased to free them from deceptions.
Deceptions claimed are not theirs to own.
And, for whatever the reason they perceive,
Their wickedness to be accepted 'and' to go unknown...
Has never been shown.
But are just those myths they have never valued.
Although remain with them as a focus left to fantasize.