Poem: 'Innocence lost?' by Michael Naughton

Innocence lost?

Shallow and begrudging platitudes only thinly veil personal attacks

A convenient scapegoat for the dim-witted herd

Character assassinations from would be rivals will not distract from their own deficiencies and defamations

Plagiarised discourse passed off as their own

Unable or unwilling to look in the mirror

Bandwagon jumpers know no other way

Garrulous chatter in the extreme

Less talk and more action required

A hope that such shamefulness pays off for those languishing wretches desperate for their help

Time will tell which truth will out

Michael Naughton

December 2014