More than not and often it may take, <br />Something dramatic done to someone... <br />To shake them with intent to snap them awake. <br />Creating a conflict but not reminisced as a mistake. <br /> <br />A nudge or two isn't remembered. <br />Like a harsh statement heard to make, <br />To bring one back again to reality. <br />From those exits to escape on a daily basis. <br /> <br />Often it may take, <br />And for some more than not... <br />An untimely visit with an illness to face. <br />One did not expect to be experienced to taste. <br /> <br />And even though death comes as a certainty for all, <br />Impossible it is to chase death away... <br />Regardless what attempts are made through texting. <br />Or the immediacy wished for a return of a cellphone call. <br /> <br />A prioritized living with a giving to appreciate, <br />Is much easier to do when one contemplates... <br />Without hesitating to procrastinate, <br />For a time to move when the doing comes too late. <br /> <br />And too many choose today, <br />To exclude the power of faith that's refused... <br />With a belief what they do to others to prove, <br />In time that choice made will eventually fade away. <br /> <br />This may be done but the doing is not true! <br />Since more than not and often it may take, <br />Something dramatic done to someone... <br />To shake them with intent to snap them awake. <br /> <br />A nudge or two isn't remembered. <br />Like a harsh statement heard to make, <br />To bring one back again to reality. <br />From those exits to escape on a daily basis. <br /> <br />'Why did you do that? <br />Why did you slap me? ' <br /> <br />~I swear I heard you begging for it.~ <br /> <br />'But you did do it and it came from nowhere.' <br /> <br />~Did it? <br />Or were you somewhere else? ~<br /><br />Lawrence S. Pertillar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/more-than-not-and-often/
