You See It To Keep It Disbelieved Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

'How difficult is it to keep your mouth shut? '

I have not said one word.
Not one to allow myself to be provoked.
You haven't noticed?
Perhaps your mind is on rewind and hoping,
I will respond to comments you've made.
But I have none.
None you have prepared your mind,
To find offensive to initiate a pointless debate.

'Say something.
You've got to see what's happening,
To disbelieve.'

I did.
Remember when you defended,
What I saw then as a figment of my imagination?
Well...
My 'figment' seems to have become 'your' reality.
So imagine, if you can, that what's happening,
As you now believe it to see...
To be a part of 'my' delusion.
I have.
And I feel more at peace than I've ever felt.
A peace you are not going to take,
That easily from me.

'Say something.
You've got to see what's happening,
To disbelieve.'

You see it to keep it disbelieved.
I've seen it to know just how real it has been.