Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Is what ones does to do effectively,
More significant...
Than what one has to impress?
Have we, today, adapted to a mindset,
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Any blooming done to do,
Relies on patience to accept it.
And a tolerance many refuse to await.
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When all efforts to endeavor,
Become respected with less critique...
Those opinionated may one day choose to assist,
To then realize those who endeavor to do this...
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Taking time to waste it,
Undermining someone else...
Does not brighten the future,
For those exercising...
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What a wonderful feeling,
One to self can finally admit.
To not question or doubt,
The truth of it that exists.
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Most will await to investigate too late,
Why they allowed feelings felt towards another...
To heat and escalate for purposes to initiate,
Some kind of created rivalry.
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Unrelenting desire,
Eventually delivers...
That which one wishes.
And those believing...
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I wanted more to be with you,
Than anyone other.
But the way I went about it,
Left you suspicious and in doubt.
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No one should belong.
Or feel they're being smothered too long.
With it 'assumed'...
That this is love.
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Once an oasis flourishing to bloom,
In the midst of thorns.
When even the weeds were manicured and seen,
To exist amongst the oasis...
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