Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

So given we are,
With beliefs our thoughts within us...
Are kept detached and private.
We are born into this 'reality'...
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Guys,
And...
Their girls,
Together they seem better.
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Pending are,
Those choice days to live.
None to repeat.
None wished to relive...
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Politically speaking,
How much correctness is left?
How much of it is there,
Yet to still be addressed?
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Mommy...
What are illegal lesbians?
'No, honey...
They are aliens.'
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Free to love
Free to suffer
Free to heal
Free to cover
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There is no vision,
Like a clear vision given.
No high seems to satisfy as bright...
As that witness with cloudless Sunlight.
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Beginning to grieve their own imperfections,
They seek 'immediate' relief...
From the sight of their flaws and blemishes,
They have begun to witness.
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Put into its right perspective...
An honesty that is and maintained.
This kind of perspective...
Isn't going to be accepted,
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They are fed violence,
They are fed destruction.
They are fed conflict and disrespect.
Lack of discipline and personal neglect.
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