Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

*'When will there be a time to love? '
Stevie Wonder wants to know.

No one arrived here,
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I use to believe any Moon could be blue.
Before I discovered there were actual Blue Moons.

Feeling depressed and selfishly centered.
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When the power of attraction comes,
Don't run.
Let that attraction be a distraction,
Before the spark of it begins to dim...
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Use every element possible within your reach,
At your leisure.
Find it necessary to block the onslaught,
Of exposing attacks...
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The very same dudes,
Who had accused me of being less than manly...
Are turning up with bloodied noses.
From activities they wish to keep 'down low'.
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I have come right back to where I started.
Healed from a broken heart.
And determined not to be,
On the mend again.
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Should one forgive and forget,
An intentional 'slighting' done?
The kind that is directed and meant,
From a mind in pre-meditative stages.
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One almost has to be a self hypnotist,
To remain focus and not force...
A creativity to flow and exist.
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Oh...
I can get into a 'zone' and just stay all day.
If the mood strikes me right.
And the love I have for writing is in the air.
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When I speak,
I am not team motivated.
Nor am I representing a cause,
From a membership of devoted worship.
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