The Ones I Today Praise Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

I will always praise those,
Who brave their pitfalls and move on.
It takes a strength to tolerate a nonsense.
And the more who see it for what it is,
Less they are to criticize...
The ones they perceived were negative.
Time has a way,
Of identifying truth to separate it from delusion.

I will always praise those,
Who brave their pitfalls and move on.
And like those few who chose to keep,
Their peace of mind intact not to decrease...
I understand them too well,
Not to dwell upon those times...
When the ones I today praise,
Had not yet aged to accept reality.

'You should join us in our struggle.'

I'm glad that's your effort to endeavor.
However...
I'd rather not reminisce,
A doing done once you did to dismiss.
But with a kept distance,
Know this...
You have my support.
And the best of my wishes.