Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Keep it meant to be loved.
Those interests kept,
With your time invested.
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How can a mind limited to ignorance,
Be turned around and convinced...
Wounding to self inflict itself,
Is an act very few if any accepts as being brave.
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There are winners selected.
And chosen as elected by those who perceive,
Who winners are and should be.
But the only ones who lose,
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Just a mile or two,
Above the surface of the Earth...
The significance of conflicts,
Divisions and who participates in them...
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Take every lie you've heard,
To repeat to tell.
With a purpose perceived,
Had been worth it.
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What makes you believe you still have options?

'I was told it is never too late.
With a taking of my time to make up my mind.'
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An accomplishment achieved,
Is first acknowledged to believe...
By the one not in need,
To have it validated and certified...
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Not a part of my existence,
Did I practice first or rehearse.
And not a lesson to me taught,
Came to me to quench a thirst.
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Hearts that have been broken apart,
Have need of mending...
To bring that to an end.
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Do me a favor.
Which flavor do you savor?
I noticed you enjoy it.
Should I sample it?
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