They Together Can Cure Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

When people begin to display,
A concern for one another.
Without impressions to make,
That had been their way of life.
Prioritized to fake.
That...
Is effective progress,
Witnessed being made.

When people begin to focus,
On what to them is more important.
Than the having of things,
Purchased to believe...
This for them means,
A happiness can be bought.
And success has been achieved.
Overnight they are made to realize,
The living their lives in denial...
Can no longer betray,
Reality deceived.

Living in the midst of truth.
Reduces the producing of fantasies.
And distractions manufactured,
To capture nothing more than attention.
Many mention is their intention to get.

Living in the midst,
Of man-made confusion.
And an escalation of conficts,
Upon others to inflict.
Has a way to return this investment to earn.
With consequences to pay.
Yet never too late,
To have from their actions...
The facts of life.
Revisiting the missing,
The value of those lessons...
Desperately wanting with concern to learn.

When people begin to display,
They are prepared and accept...
A concern for one another.
Knowing this had been neglected.
For impressions to make.
Faking faith to celebrate their hypocrisies.
That had been their way of life.
As they consciously chose others to deceive.
Now awakening to see,
Themselves to be the way they are.
Facing a reality they created yet disbelieved.
This...
Although painful for many it may be.
Is effective progress.
Witnessed being made.
Regardless how this is done,
Awakening a concern...
Everyone these days say,
A concern they have for each other.

With a hope to overcome,
A threatening virus of ignorance.
To them done.
Only they together can cure!