Things happen long before they hate to see you coming
Sigh, moan, and groan as you come dragging through the door
Perhaps, consider stuff you do that's not becoming
That folks declare they just won't deal with anymore
It can't always be "Them"
The culprit's in your mirror
You gotta own it.
That projection's tired, and old
The exhausted will ignore you
The bewildered, keep their distance
The dispositions of the fed up, are ice cold
Everywhere you go, you take yourself along
The things you do, and then excuse, quite on a whim
Those ways and tendencies, you ought to know are wrong?
Nobody's obligated to put up with them
"It's just the way I am", can't always be your go-to
Shock and offense, can't be your stance when you're ignored
After you've taxed even the most gracious and friendly
To extend patience they hardly can afford
But there will always be those who make lame excuses
Twist themselves every which way to defend
The indefensible-- perhaps, because they're too deep
Too obligated, or afraid to take a stand
How many times will a new victim be required
After you've failed to have your way; manipulate?
If friendship and community's your true desire
It's hard to tell, by all the hell you instigate:
Constant complaining; sowing seeds meant to divide
Undermining those who aren't fooled by your schemes
Angry with those who refuse to take your side
And join you in making things worse than they need be
At every turn it only feels like you are winning
And nothing can be done to counteract your reign
Like a bull in a china shop, you cause destruction
And every day, more cowards stoke the strength you feign
But if History can still boast how consistent
It's always been, when faced with seeds the toxic sow
It will revive the brave, the righteous, the insistent
Whose intervention will be neither staged, nor show
VRWc2024
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