Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Smothered under thick layers of lies!
Suppressed by deceptions,
That keeps them self obsessed...
To excuse with alibis.
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When I noticed my own shadow,
I needed no one or nothing else...
To validate my existence.
Hours at a time.
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Determine whatever it is you wish,
Between the available options left...
Provided to you to negotiate.
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Where is that 'was' we once had...
Then left behind.
That 'was' that does not exist for us,
Now.
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My goal?
Is to live my life,
Without the selling of my soul.
Although I've been tempted on many occasions,
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It matters not to me,
Where you believe I come from.
Or where my next steps are placed,
On a path I take...
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I owe it first to myself to be honest.
I use to believe it did not matter,
If I kept the depth of my feelings hidden.
But then I realized I had a wish,
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No time is like that found,
For the one who gets to shine.
Knowing as one grows,
Interference makes a difference...
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Spoiled children encouraged,
To sit and witness their siblings...
Restricted from doing things,
They believe can be manipulated eventually...
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The best way to avoid,
Something allowed to exist...
But now one wishes it to rid,
Is not to create it.
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