Smothered in historic wickedness. <br />In regretted depths trying to forget. <br />Buried so deep, <br />To keep it left unacknowledged. <br />And unleashing hatred to build upon a guilt. <br />Devoid of sensibility. <br /> <br />Believing these acts will someday be erased. <br />Or replaced by destruction... <br />Inferiority felt within them creates. <br />And a forgiveness of emotions, <br />Come to them to show... <br />As weakness unadmitted to defend. <br />They must prove themselves as powerful! <br />By using weapons to threaten, kill, maim... <br />Destroy and end! <br /> <br />Those acts done by hardened hearts. <br />With a stubbornness that does not from them depart. <br />To eventually darken their own footsteps, <br />In suspicions and distrust. <br />Attacking their own reflections... <br />Which comes to visit them next! <br />Exterminating themselves, <br />Like they would insects. <br /> <br />Leaving them in isolation, <br />With mental defects! <br />Conflicting. <br />And achieving their own blend of sins. <br />That stings with severe pain! <br />To gain an enlightenment. <br /> <br />Slowly slowly this light sheds upon them. <br />Assisted by complete economic devastation. <br />When a self examination... <br />Reveals the naked truth! <br />And this truth that comes to them, <br />Will not be denied. <br />Since it when seen from its origin... <br />Can not be hidden!<br /><br />Lawrence S. Pertillar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/self-examination/
