<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=442877" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Strungout</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The same tactics used repeatedly, <br>And over and over again in changing times.<br>Lose their affectiveness, <br>And the attention they get.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Like an alcoholic who drinks.<br>Or one addicted to drugs.<br>A conditioning process has been instilled.<br>Those highs once enjoyed, <br>Produce a lesser thrill! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">It's like going through the motions, <br>And devoted to an expectation! <br>When sensations aren't achieved...<br>Folks like these blame God.<br>Or claim they know Him.<br>But somehow their faith is not strong enough...<br>To give them what they need, <br>To identify results they anticipated.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">However...<br>They remain in varying stages, <br>Reminiscing about those good times<br>When everything was fine.<br>And they got what they wanted...<br>Until that no longer satisfied.<br>So, <br>Of course...<br>Something or someone, <br>Had to be found guilty or at fault...<br>For not delivering what they wanted and when! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The same tactics used repeatedly, <br>And over and over again in changing times.<br>Lose their effectiveness, <br>And the attention they get.<br>Like a child with a toy, <br>Who begins to annoy...<br>When that toy has satisfied their whims! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Much like having a variety of religions...<br>All professing to know God.<br>But the people are at odds, <br>As to how this 'Oneness' should be depicted! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Leaving everyone 'strungout' and hyped up...<br>Physically debilitated! <br>Intoxicated and stupefied! <br>To reach for something, <br>That doesn't quite meet their needs.<br>Although willing to victimize anyone available...<br>In the search to find it! <br>To declare a justified self importance.<br>For a temporary gratification, <br>To induce a prolonged and effective delusion.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lawrence+S.+Pertillar">Lawrence S. Pertillar</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=442877" data-title="Strungout de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="The same tactics used repeatedly, And over and over again in changing times. Lose their affectiveness, And the attention they get. Like an alcoholic who drinks. Or one addicted to drugs. A conditioning process has been instilled. Those highs on..."></div> </div> </div>

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