Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Where does a stalemate go?
To leave no one on the left.
Or the right to take a step.
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Few will stop.
From a having their priorities,
Examined to think...
To what purpose to them serve.
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What I've done to learn,
To know with love to earn.
Has no concern,
Of your thoughts to believe...
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It is more lamenting,
To witness.
A persistent tolerating,
Of a childisness.
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Broken.
Beyond the breaking point.
To make an attempt to mend.
Or await with patience to heal,
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Always there will be,
Someone, somewhere, somehow.
Blaming to claim,
Ignorance is everywhere.
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Moments taken,
Just to sit being silent.
Allowing one's mind to drift.
In the vastness of silence.
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The horror supported,
Endorsed to terrify.
Represents the wickedness,
A perceived status to have it...
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Time...
Has never proven to be,
Forgiving or kind.
Done to do by anyone,
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Being aware and staying prepared,
Of the possibilities...
That may be ahead.
Makes the living of life,
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