Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

I am not going to follow you,
To feel secure...
In anyone's darkened dungeon.
To feel protected from what?
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They are against those who oppose everything.
And those who oppose everything,
Are using their position to ensure there is opposition.
While those caught up in between teams,
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You have more invested in it than I do...
And you claim not to have time,
To walk 'your' child across the street...
To go to school?
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After breaking up we make up enough.
And doing this as if,
There is a benefit...
To us that comes with splitting.
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I use to sit and wish for my innocence back.
But after being raped of escapades by the facts of life,
I could no longer hang onto fading daydreams.
Or my lingering memories of doing that to escape.
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Be here and with me.
Let's know are feelings are not,
Hop in and get it.
Hit it and quit.
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Cherished are my memories.
Especially the ones that were meant,
For me to sit and listen...
As my ego was stripped to bits,
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Thank you class.
I am glad all of us here,
Have agreed to take pictures of ourselves,
As an assigment.
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Am I narcissistic?
No, of course not.
Even though,
I have heard that said about me before.
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What are the creators of conflict,
Wars, deceit and division...
Eventually winning?
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