Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Peace keeps me desperate,
With a wish not to let it stray.
Too far away,
From an earned solitude.
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I know you perceive me to be against your kept delusions.
I am not.
What I am against is the expense others have to pay,
To keep your point of view fantasized.
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As a kid,
I use to want for those wishes.
With my eyes focused on dreams.
But my first lessons learned,
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There were times when those oppressed,
Use to beg and request their freedom.
With a wish to have their interests accepted,
And intergrated.
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Your need to feel you must compete with me,
s the core to your failures.
And the basis for your grief.
To deceive does not with benefit receive.
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I was still in my early twenties,
When I felt I had earned my doctorate's degree.
After I had graduated from elementary school,
I had already received my 'bachelor's'.
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Sometimes I wish I had been less obstinate.
With a readiness to be more subdued.
I often reminisce about this.
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I've grown accustomed to view walls,
As a creative opportunity.
I see space with a wanting to use it.
As if to be inspired by what it isn't.
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If anything in the past,
Was given and meant to be long lasting...
Very few on the receiving end,
Would today be left to complain...
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I need to get much richer,
With...
Spiritual beliefs.
Teasing 'things' just can't do it.
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