Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

An improvement meant to remove,
A refocused attitude that includes reality...
Takes a confidence that is not wished.
It is only in the doing that success is achieved.
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When one feels that time has come,
To confess...
With a getting of whatever it is off their chest,
It is best to reveal...
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Leave behind those who take,
The giving to them a precious time to waste.
With beliefs perceived they can procrastinate.
And with a choice to hesitate as time passes.
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Listening with a comprehension,
That observes with a focus upon the times...
We have been living in.
With an involvement free from revolving pretexted...
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Nothing has to be changed,
From the way things are done.
As long as a rebranding of the existing rhetoric,
Is fed with acceptance until it is believed.
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How can a way of life,
Riddled and beset to upset with constant conflct...
Shown to have a deficit of common sense,
And accompanied by an onslaught of known hypocrisies...
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I am familiar with my own voice,
Therefore...
Less influenced by the tone of it.
Or any connection it may have,
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If people were as honest as they claim to be,
Hypocrisy wouldn't exist as such a challenge...
To deny or attempt to hide an acknowledgement,
Of its existence.
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Those who perceive with held beliefs,
That a lie told to keep hidden...
Is not a lie until it has become revealed,
Are the same people who claim to have faith in God.
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The tolerance of a condoned ignorance,
And the continued marketing of it...
To solicit with such acceptance,
Poses much more of a threat...
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