Remember when this nonsense began, <br />And you said that it didn't... <br />And dismissed it? <br />Remember when <br />The affects of this started, <br />To ripple in the wind? <br />And again you said I was demented? <br /> <br />I don't deny being patriotic then, <br />Or speaking my mind for unpopular causes. <br />Publicly crying and singing the blues? <br />I did that and receive shoulders that were frosted! <br /> <br />But never did I once, <br />Think I would see these days... <br />When ignorance would become popular, <br />And foolishness was praised! <br />Never did I think, <br />Values upheld would sit on the brink. <br />And tumble in the valley ushered there by the crazed! <br /> <br />Watching as I do, <br />A quality of life I screamed to save... <br />Be disrespected and accepted, <br />As it is in this way! <br /> <br />Remember when this nonsense began, <br />And you said that it didn't... <br />And dismissed it? <br />Remember when <br />The affects of this started... <br />Rippling gently in the wind? <br />And again you said I was demented, <br />'Retarded! ' <br /> <br />Remember me saying your denials will come to haunt? <br />And your stubbornness is nothing for you to flaunt? <br />Remember me trying to pull you aside? <br />Trying to shake you awake... <br />Before this madness created an outbreak, <br />That will rise? <br />Remember when you told me to leave you alone? <br />Well... <br />You have finally gotten your wish, <br />And this unconditional chaos you allowed to grow <br />Unresisted... <br />Like your unattractive hips! <br />With you and others like this, <br />Who are blinded in surrounded 'crisis bliss'... <br />Has overblown! <br />'That' is the message you did not get, <br />But sits condoned!<br /><br />Lawrence S. Pertillar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/overblown/
