Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Behind to leave it left.
As is meant when taking forward steps.
Behind to leave it left and there kept.
As is meant with or without regrets,
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Keeping it real and smooth is tough.
And easier said than done.
To keep it real is not enough...
For the ones who make decisions,
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Left to mend pieces of a broken heart.
As if that had been my expertise.
And today to mend as an experience done,
I seem more prepared than I ever was for love.
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You can only occupy the space you've been given.
Use it.
Do with it as you wish.
Asking you to give me space,
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It's not enough to be patient,
To donate a tolerance that's subdued.
It's not enough to be honest,
To prove a trust is true.
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When people become too afraid,
To express their own identities...
With a making it known who they are,
They welcome the ease to be offended.
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I am expected to accept and forgive,
Those who offend me.
I am expected to do this,
Because those who do that...
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No recognition today to me you can give,
Will change the facts of my life.
Or your attempts made to discredit,
And diminish them.
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Many have never had responsibilities,
With a sacrificing their lives.
And...
Many have never been held accountable,
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Everything that is meant...
Has its intent.
Even upnosed people,
Who stoop to do their wicked evils.
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