Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

I want to share with you.
Not compete.
Was it my giving of unconditional love,
A sign to leave you believing...
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What does the future hold,
For those already entertained...
By a nakedness,
That has dismissed imagination!
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There's not a single day,
One gets up to face the dawn...
Without some challenges.
And from noon with frowns to adorn,
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The only answer I will accept to my question,
Is the one given...
That I am to understand.
Anything else that is less specific,
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For whatever the reason,
And unlike others who seem to be pleased...
To joke and laugh as time passes,
Some have managed to endure...
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Just because I disagree with you,
Does not mean I disrespect your opinion.
And if you always agreed with me,
I would begin to suspect your honesty.
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An urgency to protect those young,
Only comes when convenience begins.
And the ones not so young,
Are quick to do that with that done.
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They can be found lounging around,
With time on their hands they've chosen to waste.
And heard on a daily basis making complaints,
As to what others do, could be doing or should have done...
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Feelings may be hidden but felt not to lie,
From a heart left broken no matter how disguised.
So many fear,
Facing rejection.
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When I trust,
I do not question with doubts of that trust.
When I start to doubt to wonder with questions,
I stop trusting even the questions to ask.
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