For A Life To Live They Like Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

It shows on the faces of those that don't grow...
How difficult it is for them,
To let things go!

And how some are restricted,
To values and myths that do not exist...
With permission consciously given,
To daily pick up their struggles from sleep...
As if to meet schedules they keep.

It shows in the places one goes in routine.
To discuss in conversation,
The same revelations...
Gone from them to never again be seen.

Creatures of habits from themselves they can not break!
No matter if the ground around them rumbles and shakes...
They will not awaken.
And no progress do they make.
With a holding on to their yesterdays...
As they chase away a happiness for heartbreak that stays.
To say someday they pray for those days to come their way...
For a life to live they like!

It shows on the faces of those that don't grow...
How difficult it is for them,
To let things go!
For a life to live they like!
But too busy to find the time to do it!