Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

If people had invested more of their interest,
In living vibrant and wholesome lives to live...
This would be reflected to see,
Instead of the acceptance of negativity.
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It is...
For whatever the reasons why,
What you wish to exist...
Isn't.
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NOW what are they protesting?

'They have come to protest,
That the government...
Has shown them less interest.'
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Why is there so much attention given,
To the 'could-have-beens' but weren't mentioned...
For positions they might have held.
But decisions made were determined with intention...
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I wish I can again get this year,
The happiness I received last Christmas.
And the many years before.
To share and toast,
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Only those who have had hidden guilts to feel,
To suppress in exchange to accuse and blame...
Others with claims to bring upon them undue shame,
Are often the same people heard crying out the loudest...
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It only takes one with a doing done,
To destroy with a displaying of being a decoy.
And that one that comes with intent,
To do a destruction done to prevent...
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It matters not who says or does what,
With claims to remember or to have forgotten...
When flashbacks happen to assess.
And time is there to review and reflect,
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If an existence to live a commercialized life,
As a valued standard is a needed addicting wish.
And the possessing of it diminishes in reality,
To become recognized as a foolishness...
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If you're losing sleep,
What is it that you think over?
And if you're losing sleep,
What is it you can't get over?
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