Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

I've given to you all that I am.
And still you're talking,
To find a fault.
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I have searched my soul,
With a deepness...
That is complete.
I've addressed this to confess.
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Deposits I have made,
Throughout the years...
Without expectations,
Of receiving a dividend.
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If I am discriminated against,
Because of my skin color, low income...
Where I live and credentials obtained,
That are not faked on a resume to impress...
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Narcissistic are those sick,
Who seek a power that they get.
To then believe they are above all others,
Doing as they wish.
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The only people today left in the dark,
And feeling stupid they have lived...
In a divided separateness, isolated and apart,
Are those with old and aging beliefs...
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What is it that goes on in the minds of those,
Who choose an agenda...
To defeat the ones they have historically opposed?
By the telling of lies and demeaning them,
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How many times has my reluctance to say no,
Left me feeling as if I have betrayed myself?
And worried if I did say 'no'...
I would offend some unseen deity,
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What can be said,
About a force of negativity used...
That has proven itself,
To be a foolish tool observed by all...
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Thieves greedy and corrupted,
May not get the message...
Until they are crushed and busted.
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