Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

I too am human.
And exist with human needs.
At one time I believed,
Those needs I had...
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Fresh is a new day that comes to many.
Those that see it that way...
Seem to have experienced fully,
Past fresh days with a letting go.
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A clarity disputed once,
By those refusing...
To put to rest their fantasies.
Have come to strike fear and alarm,
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A price to pay for peace?
Is that a prerequisite needed,
For a tax one pays for air to breathe?
Or is the freedom to just be in peace,
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Those who get things their way,
Only change their minds to say...
Someone else is at fault,
To allow them to appear as the fools they are.
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You don't like the way that was said?
Too tart.
Too bitter.
Too direct.
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I am not looking to receive anything from you.
My expectations have not been allowed,
To rise that high.
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Anyone believing they can go through life,
Remaining the same...
Unchanged!
With a concept,
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Those heard loudly complaining today,
Are the same people heard yesterday...
Debating how a can opener is used,
As instructed by directions.
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Keeping one's mind fantasized,
Does not return good dividends.
Nor does the hoarding of truth,
Keeps it unavoidable.
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