Bending over backwards, <br />For others to prove... <br />A kissing can be done, <br />Of their elbows and toes... <br />And other areas exposed. <br />To then receive from them opposition, <br />Because the position taken... <br />Does not impress further expectations, <br />To address associates, their friends... <br />And others with kept pretentions, <br />Seeking to have their demands met... <br />To be entertained by all of it, <br />Is done with no regrets. <br />With outlandish interpretations... <br />As to how they've been taught to live life. <br /> <br />Guess what? <br />My fellow citizens... <br />People like this who do that for free, <br />May be heard to complain alot... <br />But a love for attention to get, <br />Will have them, if possible... <br />Carry boulders attached to their necks, <br />Just for the purpose to have it witnessed... <br />For the sympathy, empathy and pity, <br />To solicit from someone in tears that gives it. <br /> <br />'That's over-the-top AND 'too' dramatic.' <br /> <br />If you stay around here long enough, <br />You'll be astounded by the exactness... <br />You perceive to be embellished by exaggeration. <br />These people are determined, <br />To display their suffering is some kind of blessing. <br /> <br />'But 'what' makes them feel they must do that? ' <br /> <br />Symbolized images they have come to idolize, <br />To depict themselves as worthy. <br /> <br />'Worthy? <br />Worthy of WHAT? ' <br /> <br />Life and the pursuit of happiness. <br /> <br />'That's sick.' <br /> <br />Try telling that to those who've been taught to worship this, <br />As a life they have to live.<br /><br />Lawrence S. Pertillar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/determined-to-display-their-suffering/
