Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

My faith and trust,
One placed in others...
Has begun to fade away.
With a keeping of a few...
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With a skit to scoot I had to scat.
Don't want to be bothered,
To stay where I'm not wanted at.
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I thought,
You were mine.
I thought...
And thought,
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Although their cupboards are bare,
Those nourished on a greatness...
Have not been prepared,
To one day accept...
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One addicted,
To the foolishness...
Of someone else,
As if hooked to a need...
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If it's there and sits,
On fire with desire...
Its flame will one day glow,
With the world to know.
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Hypocritically speaking,
I might have the right...
To voice my self righteousness.
However...
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If someone believes,
They can do as they please...
Including be disrespectful,
With a negligence?
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Everytime you have seen me,
You look away.
As if you are the one to chase.
Or begin to play a game...
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There was a time,
When I would lay with mind awake...
And eyes open to contemplate,
My favorite seasons.
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