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What Is Meant To Intend

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)

That which is meant to intend,
Inflicted upon the innocent.
To begin it to go around.
Can be eventually observed to witness,
Chipping away...
A peace to believe,
Coming down to the ground.
Piece by piece.
From a power released.
No empire defending,
What is perceived untouchable stability.
No longer stays to be seen,
Powerful.
Without sorrows of its people,
Immuned from an unseen suffering.
Mentally with no remedy to end!

This creation,
Is a man-made tragedy.
Meant to intend in the presence of God.
With prayer to claim kept,
Devoted and faithful.
Yet...
Attempting to erase what God has made,
Can never replace...
The heartache and pain to eliminate,
What human beings do to themselves.
Consciously.
To assume God anticipates their stupidity.
With forgiveness quickly to them given!

What fools do we choose to prove to be?
And...
To celebrate the effectiveness of it!
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Written on April 16, 2024

Submitted by lpahtillah on April 16, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXBXXXBXXCDXEECA FDXXEXXXXXDDF DXX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 874
Words 178
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 16, 13, 3
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  • EdwinRayTanguma
    EdwinRayTanguma
    For some silly reason this one made me thinks of The Mahdi and Isa…I wonder???Is Iran a Muslim state???Only time will tell…As IF I am anyone…
    LikeReply12 days ago
    • lpahtillah
      lpahtillah
      Hi, EdwinRayTanguma. I appreciate your comments on 'What Is Meant To Intend'. Since as a writer, I am not swayed by religious or political beliefs others may or may not have. I can only admit being aware and conscious of current events. Events that should to all us conscious, be serious about how humanity is affected by them. I am a writer. Powerless to offer remedies or solutions. I comment on what I observe and see from my perspective. Whether or not my point of view is accepted. Like those who may read my submissions to Poetry.com...living in an environment with problems existing.
      This permits and provides me with incentive. And, I do the best I can to respect beliefs that are not my own to attempt to influence anyone. However, I do encourage thinking as a process that, hopefully, promotes understanding. Thanks again. Lawrence 
      LikeReply12 days ago

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