Refusing Then To Listen

There were those selected and chosen,
To represent their causes.
With a reflecting of their priorities,
And interests kept protected.

There were those denied,
And deemed not qualified.
Although they produced credentials,
To prove their experiences were essential.

Today those denied,
And deemed yesterday not qualified...
Are discovered to have experiences,
That should have never been dismissed.
But time does not allow to have those yesterdays,
Replaced with a catching up to date.

And,
What could have been of benefit and useful to them,
Those refusing then to listen...
Would have been paths freed of debris with clarity.
But a patience gone from those dismissed...
Has been distanced from the ones,
Caught up in lives lived in chaos and conflicts.

poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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