Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

With just a bit of rest,
And out of breath to catch it...
I'm on a mission I confess,
Has been with me it seems...
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Finally,
An agreement between those made,
Who have argued for decades...
Over that which they have regarded as important,
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Take time to notice,
What an attention given to others does.
So many unaccustomed to getting it,
Perceive with a belief it is theirs to stay...
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Do not...
Try or make attempts,
To get me caught up in your nonsense.
If I have stated I am not aware,
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Quoting statistics,
With an ability to do this quick.
Although one hesitates,
To put in place solutions...
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I have not had the experience,
To live behind fences protected and defended...
By standards and values I was taught to uphold.
Not me.
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The one thing about playing,
The game of hide and seek...
Is,
Sooner or later the game of it...
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A self confidence shown,
But taught to others to disrespect...
As one's attempt to be better than the rest,
Will someday prove the doing of this...
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Owning and not to borrow or loan,
One's direction taken...
Consisting of a mix of confidence,
Faith and initiative unshaken.
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Sometimes that which to some becomes obvious,
To many taking it for granted stays invisible.
With a pride to defend what others find offensive,
When this oversight is mentioned.
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