Really! You 'Can' Imagine That? Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Anyone who wishes,
To discuss the value they place...
In strengthening strong relationships,
To knowingly be involved...
In the ruining of them to dismiss,
A faked and forced sincerity presented.
Yet 'still' insist not to initiate any of this...
Can best be described as demons in disguise.
Trying to pull the wool over unconscious eyes.

However...
No one who is made to bleed intentionally,
Thinks of the act as charity.

'Can you.
Or have you forgiven what has happened to you? '

~How many turtles have you seen,
Smiling with a happiness...
While adorning broken shells? ~

'None.
But I can just imagine,
The healing process is slow and painful.'

~Really! You 'can' imagine that? ~

'Of course I can.
I am not that insensitive.'

~How many times have you volunteered,
To have your back broken?
To then be expected to forgive the doers? ~

'I can not imagine THAT.'

~Nor can I imagine you giving up blood.
To then pretend it is an everyday occurrence.
With a donating of it volunteered.~

'What has any of this,
Have to do with strengthening to build strong relationships? '

~What is valued.
And how that is interpreted.
AND 'who' initiated the emails? ~

'Huh?
What? '

~You've missed it.
Apparently...
You are much too disconnect to connect those dots.~

'WHAT?
Dots, emails, relationships, turtles with broken shells?
What's going on? '

~Thoughtlessness, pretense and deception.
With an ending of it all coming soon.
There are few 'fall guys' that loyal from which to pick.~