Clarity: If Wanted To Understand
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
If wanted to wish anything to understand,
That process taken would be understood.
A clarity eliminates assumptions,
To end them as they should.
Yet many find it easier,
To find a mood suitable quick to fit...
An attitude premeditated.
Seeking an outcome already planned.
And kept prepared to blame and accuse,
Someone else for what they did not do.
Not stay but ignore and refuse to argue.
Over nothing if understood to understand.
People want to vent their sentiments.
And resentments on others innocent.
Then become satisfied to make an enemy.
With someone known or unknown.
Who has a bite not to have shown to witness.
Done to match a bark loud and menacing.
When dared to expose a displaying of both!
If...
This is a wanted need understood revealed!
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Written on July 01, 2023
Submitted by lpahtillah on July 01, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 756 |
Words | 153 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 9 |
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