Painfully Self Absorbed Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

What standards can be claimed to stay
Valued.
And who is it that remains proud,
Of their biased activities...
That has allowed divisions and hatred
To succeed.
As cracks in established foundations,
Continue to widen to invite...
More of those most faithful to devote
Their time trying to find reasons,
To explain...
Why their beliefs kept religiously,
Have not, as of yet, prevented...
Them from staying on their knees,
Seeking solutions...
To what they've created consciously.
But no one can face the facts,
Of their own doings...
Sitting at the core from seeds,
They have planted with intent...
To implement and witness,
The growing of sour fruits...
Spoiled at the roots.
And yet to blame,
The crop that has been harvested...
From their labors to have produced,
On others long determined...
Disqualified, unfit and less worthy,
Than those self anointed.
And painfully self absorbed.
Although too obsessed...
And self centered to notice,
A rot that has blocked their senses!
Gone from being grounded.