Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Young!
And full of...
Adventure.
Unafraid to leave,
...

You're like a piece of sugar on the vine,
That's been resisted.
And sitting lusciously delicious,
Waiting to get plucked...
...

Whoever that was,
Who thought you to be the joke...
Should be here to see you laughing.
...

Whenever you're out all night,
And I sleep alone.

I wonder who holds you tight,
...

We come to live.
Not to follow as shadows.
We come to reflect...
The best of efforts.
...

Put down your weapons...
And the ammunition fed,
To spread your hatred!
...

Many lifetimes it seems,
Some have personalized their agonies...
To then witness more inflicted,
By those claiming to do humanitarian deeds.
...

If I were the 'up' to your downs...
I'd pull your smile right up off the ground,
Oh!
And I would be the Adam to your Eve.
...

Sneaky with the looks that they give.

I perceive myself alone.
I feel a curiosity directed.
...

I've been asked on several occasions,
What is it that I do to appear so youthful.
And...
I tell them 26yrs of 'blessings'.
...