Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Once I realized seeking understanding...
Was fruitless.
From those who abused common sense.
I did not look for it from them anymore!
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It is said,
To refresh...
Is best.
To be 'in' the moment!
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What can stop...
Is a choice to drop,
One's pain.
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It should be quite obvious to many by now...
Just 'who' those villains are in ones' life!
Who smuggled in their sorrows to share.
And 'who' brought along despair...
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You said you would be here.
And gave a time when you would arrive.
That time passed.
I did not get upset.
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If there were those of substance,
Who had personalities of content...
They would not be found whining
About those who can express,
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You are upset about something I said?
And the way I said it?
And you believe I should have used more tact?
But it is okay for you to say to me,
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Follow the path to awareness.
You will notice it is not paved!
It is not aligned with floral scents.
It may have threatening obstacles on it.
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All the time I am asked...
Where it was that I had been educated?
Before I can part my lips,
I am told I speak like one with intelligence!
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Foolish are those who believe they can exist,
As being just pieces of a whole...
That nourishes as they come together,
With indifferences to complain or sit.
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