A Conformity To Accept Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

These days we live to see,
Many minds scattered.
In tied 'forget-me-knots'.
Dropping to splatter and shatter,
Against walls they've created.
Done to do nonstop.

In these days that seem to stay with us,
Some minds will snap to not come back.
Trapped and left to batter,
Until signs appear they've cracked.
Leaving those still conscious enough,
To know who is and is not whacked out.

Although some may take time,
Opposing the quacks whacked...
With others who agree.
Difficult it will be in these times we live,
To have anyone believe...
A conformity to accept as a normalcy,
Is a crazy existence even misfits wish to leave...
To be left alone as a preference to condone.

'Have you noticed how insane people are getting? '

~No!
Those are the same folks who use to call 'me' nuts.
Now I don't give them time.
Since I have always known them to be,
The very ones attempting to prove to themselves...
It had been others they found to find,
Something wrong with others...
Using their minds not trying to fit in.
To a conformity that has abandoned reality.~

'So...
What is 'your' reality? '

~Noticing my focus is not on folks like that.
And doing those things that leave me happy.
With it known everyday,
I don't engage myself with anyone living...
Seeking approval from those entrapped.~