Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

If you had not been prioritized.
By God.
To be selected with life to experience it.
And expected with this gift.
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I have long recognized.
The difference between,
My wants and needs.
And each day as I grow older.
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Truth to live it.
Becomes freer to do.
When one is face to face,
With a health crisis.
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It only takes one menace.
To destroy good intentions.
Aborting to end the finish of them.
And quickly diminish any interest,
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Who I am.
Standing on my own two feet.
Done to do the best I can.
With the hand I have been dealt.
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Too many ungrateful people.
Have chosen to live their 'lies'.
Despising others they deny sacrificed.
To enable them to live lives now,
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The caring of less.
With it today to express.
Of a wanting to get more love.
More respect.
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It remains amazing.
Although not distant,
From reality to disbelieve.
What those who have things.
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As if to protect,
An accepted identity.
With others who too,
Are linked to a familiar ancestry.
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Dramatic performances are just that.
Distracting acts.
To avoid the facts.
And who initiated what goes on,
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