Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Those expectations I have for myself,
Has yet to require
A solicitation of assistance.
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Saboteurs using methods to injure and defame,
While disguising themselves...
As if to prove they have no self worth,
Bring upon themselves the harm.
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It is there within us,
Left safe...
And kept protected.
All of our fears we do not admit,
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Here so vivid,
Is the experience of life given.
So vivid too are those disparities.
To allow others,
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I've been made to distrust.
To protect and not cuddle up.
My approach is to first offend,
Then to take notice...
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It is one's compassion,
And beliefs...
To alleviate a grief felt.
With a bringing to others...
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Stumbling through your paradise,
With eyes not opened wide enough.
I wanted to believe,
You would find paradise in me.
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I suspect...
You are the only one who knows,
What you are doing.
And I suspect,
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The conspiracy to ruin,
Has had its effectiveness.
Very few images have not been blemished.
Nor has those steps taken...
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For many years I have known of you!
And in those years,
I feel I don't know you at all.
I've invited you into my home...
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