Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

To those who dare to defy convention...
Shut up!
To those who intent to awaken and shake,
Those in pretentions they can not break.
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Rest and be inside your peace...
And let those tensions go!
Release them from your mind with ease...
No one has to know.
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Some are shocked,
By my responses.
And my adult point of view.
And somehow I am not surprised...
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I could care how creative you are.
Or how magical you say you can make it.
Just pucker up...
Bend down.
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They were the ones who did not want to know anything.
They chose to be down to Earth.
Not trying to be too involved...
Or considered too concerned.
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If I spent my life seeking your approval...
Neither one of us would be improving,
On our point of view.
Or that quality of life we feel is right for us.
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The difference between you being here...
And me being here,
Is this...
I was invited.
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No. That was you!

'No it wasn't...
It was you! '
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I'd like to throw a stone,
Into that glass house you live.
I'd like to see you out in reality...
Being honest with yourself as you give.
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There is a collective mindset.
An impression that rules with a limitedness.
It develops a pattern,
That implants an understanding...
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