Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Riveting.
Gut wrenching.
Sweat drenching.
Seat wetting.
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Even though,
It seemed for long...
I had been gone.
Well...
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Prevailing to sustain,
Is the broadening fraud...
Of a reality to cement it.
Within a mindset...
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Getting to know,
How best to get things done.
To do as if to seem easy.
Is the knowing how to do this,
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Sudden!
And perceived dramatic.
Traumatic.
With changes done.
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To be who one is to be,
Should be an acceptance.
And not an objection,
To conformity.
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For many years,
There has been kept hope.
And faith to keep.
That the day would come,
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My left hand has five fingers.
So does my right hand.
I look at them with my eyes.
I uncross my legs and look at my feet.
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The worse thing someone can do
To anyone believed to be close.
Is to pretend to approve,
Of all things they've done you help host.
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Some have chosen to waltz,
Through their lives.
With minimal chances taken.
And faking steps...
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