Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Desired wishes to keep things the way they are...
Is as foolish as an adult,
Putting dentures under a pillow...
And hoping the tooth fairy will leave,
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This is the deal:
You will either be trapped in madness...
Or you will be released to express bitterness!
This is your option:
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The best thing about having no regrets,
Is managing to handle a fading bitterness kept.
There comes a point in one's life,
Deciding who is wrong or right...
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Intellectualizing their own defeat,
With increased double talk...
And selective sound bites,
Has decreased their effectiveness.
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The cresting that comes and wanes...
Does not fade within a heart,
That has felt the gift of Sun!
It remains and not falters...
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Objects to be used.
They view themselves this way.
In a perfected display...
Of a total loss of identity.
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Things began to define them.
Giving them reason and a purpose to live.
Living without things teased...
They felt an emptiness within.
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Recycled racism...
Does not do a thing to lift,
Anyone out of this intentional darkness.
With insecure criticisms,
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Evaluating the messenger,
Does not diminish the content of the message.
Nor do judgements given,
Dissect its power.
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Sunrise visions,
Inside without outside clouds.
Brings an experience of radiance.
And leaves upon the horizon,
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