Deluded By Images Of Correct Values

Feeling imprisoned,
With a mate sharing space...
And growing to hate,
Isn't a relationship...
That is blessed to discover,
Eventual bliss...
Interpretated as proper social etiquette.

However...
There are still many left,
Hanging onto idealistic visions.
Aging faster than dust can collect on typewriters.
And a gallon of gas remembered purchased,
At less than a buck.
With that dollar spent returning some cents.

And common sense?
Well...

Staying together for the sake of children,
Is not only a mistake.
It is a catastrophe that promises the function,
Of a long lasting life of dysfunction...
For any 'kid' enforced to live through this,
Without being emotionally affected.

And convinced to be of good behavior,
Means to be totally crazed...
These days!

Removed yourself from these situations,
For the sake of sanity.

Whatever to anyone 'that' should mean.
Perhaps being less obvious...
One drives a 'vehicle' without a full tank.
And getting home before being pushed,
To one's limit starts.
Whatever it takes,
To keep from being charged for domestic abuse...
Becomes an added issue to face disgracefully.

Dysfunctions of all kinds already represent,
A tolerance for ignorance.
And hypocrites deluded by images of correct values...
Seem to be behind the marketing to sell this sickness,
At higher the price we all eventually are 'taxed' to pay!

poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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