Disillusion

Not so very long ago
I was convinced 
that people, when
confronted by the reality
of a social need impacting
other people's lives
would respond with
instinctive compassion
generous to a fault.
I have since discovered
that outside the world
of fanciful delusion
lives the reality of
emotional distance
and stark disinterest
in the welfare of
others sharing a
universal social covenant.