Too many have yet to notice, <br />The have been left behind and out of focus. <br />With their minds on pause and stuck in gone times. <br />To be done with fewer conscious ones, <br />Caring less what is or is not petty to upset. <br />Or who has been accused to feed confusion best. <br /> <br />Too many are finding their excuses made, <br />Has entrapped and caged them within limits. <br />With a 'fixed' restricting they have permitted. <br />And committed some are to share thoughtlessness. <br />From Sunrise to Sunset without it dawning... <br />To enlighten how useless this senselessness. <br /> <br />Too many are unaware they are at a stage that ages. <br />And wishing to remain to stay in youthful days faded. <br />Yet bemoan they do who amongst them is next, <br />To make an appearance on an obituary page... <br />As if this step of a life to live, <br />Is not a natural occurrence or a progression to expect. <br /> <br />Too precious are these days. <br />Too precious are the hours... <br />All are blessed to be given but many choose to waste. <br />Too precious is life to allow envy and bitterness, <br />To relive in some environments to do to entertain. <br />In which a recycling of events are done to maintain. <br /> <br />No longer prioritized to delude are the few, <br />Deciding to move on to live lives that include... <br />Only a sustaining to maintain a kept happiness. <br />And to do without regretting who has to be left behind. <br />With it known to them of time and how it is spent, <br />Will not find them the ones to welcome foolishness.<br /><br />Lawrence S. Pertillar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/no-longer-prioritized-to-delude/
