When their worshipped nonsense is avoided, <br />There is a degree of offensiveness felt. <br />A wounding perceived has been inflicted. <br />And... <br />A pressure to share their ideals begins to ease. <br /> <br />Such self destructing ways as seen, <br />Are no longer felt as a need to become entrapped... <br />To a conformity regularly celebrated with hoopla. <br />Since one's hunger for that diminishes. <br />Like a permanent lifestyle change. <br /> <br />And a self indulgence adapted within minds... <br />Accustomed to dictated limitations, <br />Ceases to become a test of one's faith, stamina and endurance. <br />With a life chosen to live less influenced, <br />By a marketing of decadence... <br />Observed from the sidelines as the unconscious helps it thrive.<br /><br />Lawrence S. Pertillar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/faith-stamina-and-endurance/
