Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

It would be nice to know,
Those I had chosen to follow...
Were not secretly making attempts,
To sabotage my interests.
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Someone is not accustomed,
To the minding of their own business.
And that seems to be the root,
As to the reason relationships...
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I 'use' to be the one,
Who indiscriminately said 'hello'...
To anyone without exception!
Until I began to notice,
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Never will I be caught up,
In the following of limiting beliefs...
My curiosity and well being,
Depends upon subservience and grief.
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To exit from a highway taken,
For a route believed easier traveled...
With an arrival successfully achieved,
When one happily reaches that destiny.
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Distribute to them a map.
Highlight what is needed,
For them to arrive safely to their destinations.
Do this in crayon with assorted colors.
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The creating of rivalries that eventually leave,
People improverished...
Builds up feelings of being superior,
And strengthens mental securities...
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When people begin using excuses,
To destroy themselves with self abuse...
As a means to show their abilities,
To rely on crutches that allow them...
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No one's here to endure pain or suffering.
No one can explain to what gain pain brings.

Who benefits from sacrificing love?
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What part of life are you living.
What part of life are you living to give?
What part of life are you giving to live.
What part of life are you giving.
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