Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

With a beginning to address what is best for our children,
Would a complete isolation of them become protested?
Would a total masquerading to keep them unknown,
Spare them from a mediocrity condoned.
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Something done persistently,
Eventually wears on the body and mind...
Of the one who has given time to find,
Without a resting to qualify this to be done...
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Why is it,
There are those who can not accept...
Someone announcing a desire,
To live peacefully in a quietness...
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Knowing the business of one's talent helps,
After establishing a recognition.
It is not the fact that one gains attention,
That a gift is remembered when it is presented.
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The only people who miss,
The living of a different life...
Seem to be those who recognize,
The foolishness of fear.
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If I sat back and thought,
About those battles I fought to win...
I would never have come to appreciate,
The ability to clear my mind...
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Empathy to another can be given.
And it is recommended,
When that need becomes obvious.
But to addict someone,
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'Mommie?
What is substance and quality?
We've been given an assigment,
To describe what it is in an essay.'
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I have nothing against those mentally challenged.
I experience being challenged mentally on a daily basis,
Myself.
And accepting invitations to participate,
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It is conveniently done,
And with a purpose to serve...
A boosting of one's morale and nerve,
To discredit others behind their backs...
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