More People Seek Insight Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

An end comes as incomes dwindle,
To afford those wasteful selfish days.
As more people seem to seek insight.
Instead of overdrawn bank accounts,
Disturbing them to get no sleep at night.

Awakening to eliminate ways,
A founded nonsense spent in keeping...
Mounting debts raised once perceived,
As an image to give that impresses...
Those equally in 'hock' and wishing they were not.

An end comes as incomes dwindle,
To afford those wasteful selfish days.
As more people seem to seek insight.
But not overnight has this insight come.
To undo to themselves what they have done.

It's no fun when a listening has begun,
To leave those who had refused to do it...
And stunned by debts,
With stinging regrets...
Even denial can not reject.

It's no fun when a listening has begun,
To leave those who had refused to do it...
Seeking empathy for tears now wept.
And those who chose a basic life to live and accept,
Had been the ones who had warned them of what comes.

It's no fun when a listening has begun,
By those with a dawning of insight.
But somehow the light is too bright,
For those who have acquired their insight overnight...
To expect as the Sun sets to erase all their debts unpaid.