Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Comes often to cement with honesty meant.
When people are in need with a unity of empathy.
And still this solidarity freely given with intent,
Seems not able to mend divisions.
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To what extent?
Does an intended pain inflicted,
Comes to end a bitterness felt?
To never subside that hurt inside.
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Don't you talk about people,
With venom in your mouth...
Until you know the facts.
With just the facts you talk about.
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Remembering when things,
Had a control and purpose...
I once believed had everlasting meaning.
And with them my life by others was received,
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Tomorrow for me has yet to come,
To commit with definite certainty...
What it is I will do,
To have it done with a guarantee.
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Changes you envision,
To include a perceived diversity.
Like a window dressing all can see.
By removing a fence.
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One will never be able to feel secure,
Or be free to express an identity found...
If one is incapable of breaking away,
From the opinions of others being made.
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What days do you want to play?
What days do you want to stay,
In my way...
Wanting dodge ball and hop scotch,
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I once thought love was universal.
Felt to feel within everyone in view.
And then one day I awakened to see,
People finding misery to grieve...
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In phase one,
Life began.
And experiments begun.
In phase two,
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