A new era has arrived <br />And yet those addicted <br />To long lasting habits <br />Are refusing to accept or move <br />From those times changed <br /> <br />And those who say <br />They are of strong faith with beliefs <br />Are the very same people <br />Who stand in the way <br />With attempts to block <br />This progress that proceeds. <br /> <br />A new era has arrived <br />And yet those addicted <br />To long lasting habits <br />Are refusing to accept or move <br />From those times changed <br /> <br />And <br />With a stubbornness they are convinced <br />If they demand with a protesting that commands <br />'Everything' for them will remain the same <br />Even if they take matters in their ignorant hands <br />As if particles of dust <br />Refusing to be blown away by wind<br /><br />Lawrence S. Pertillar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-new-era-has-arrived/
