Patient Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Patient.
To a fault...
One can be patient.
And even when verbally assaulted,
A tolerance of this abusive behavior...
Becomes a habit by those,
Who choose to continue...
Walking down this same road.
In belief this tolerance to them showed,
Until the patient one runs away to stay...
From allegiances faked and absent of respect.
Yet...
Pledged is a fidelity kept unbelievably,
Delusional in every aspect of loyalty expected.