Prompted By Debate

Often those who say they mean well,
Do so.
When noticeably convenient,
After deeds undone but promised and wished...
Are discovered to be among the missing.
And those good intentions would be better spent,
If they had been from the beginning...
Genuinely done.
And not prompted by debate.

poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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