Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

If I chose and decided to sit.
To do nothing more than this.
Done to temporarily rest.
After leaving a path,
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Life to live it.
Being aware and conscious.
Has lessons to learn.
And some to learn are painful.
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Over-riding ignorant statements to ignore,
Them heard to have been made...
Has increased the tensions between,
Those who have accepted stupidity.
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No one should live feeling obligated,
To assumptions, decisions or opinions given...
By others to make,
As to how they should live their own life.
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There is no finish to end this,
Heated frenzy to whip up into a craze.
There is no finish to end this,
Wickedness permitted and reported...
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Sold on beliefs to keep them.
Sold on beliefs to keep.
Sold on beliefs to keep them.
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Drenched in defense,
And...
Tossing about,
Rumors of a doom.
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I am dedicated to producing,
The best work I can.
And excuses to make not to do this,
To leave mediocrity for someone else...
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No one can make anyone feel,
What has been made to fade away.
Or take for granted,
One's feelings once had for another...
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Struggles to face on a daily basis,
Takes courage.
And a courage to find can not be done,
Unless one creates it.
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