To Divide As A Means To Survive Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

A self confidence shown,
But taught to others to disrespect...
As one's attempt to be better than the rest,
Will someday prove the doing of this...
Exposes an accepted ignorance.
With a truth to face believed to be negative.
And those who tell it like it is...
Perceived to offend their rights to live.

And those who have chosen conflict,
Gossip and indifference to evaluate and self reflect...
Find themselves depended upon it.
In arguments to divide as a means to survive.
And are the very ones today protesting,
With choices they have made to remain undisciplined...
Rude and unable to listen or follow rules,
Living in times to find their excuses...
A comfort found with expectations,
Someone else should clean up the mess left...
They continue to make yet deny they have created.

Although...
Anyone showing a self confidence shown,
But taught to others to disrespect...
As one's attempt to be better than the rest,
Is regarded as someone conditioned...
By those who oppress their wishes and desires,
To unite with the expressing to address their freedoms.
Yet...
Those 'freedoms' claimed to be deserved,
Have already been observed to disrespect themselves.

To overcome...
An acceptance of truth must first be done.