Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Needed...
Is much more love.
Needed...
Is faith and hope.
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There are two words,
That come to mind...
When I'd like to express my feelings,
With you to address...
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Look at me I wish to resist evil.
I don't want a piece of it to sit near me.
I've got to rid deceiving people...
Smiling at me like I'm fit to eat!
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Remember when you stood on my foot,
With an expectation to hear me scream?
And I gave you a look,
As if you were the fool!
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I've got to do this...
Until I quit.
I can not resist it.
It would be missed.
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Why have I not heard from you?
You don't answer my messages.
Nor my knocks on the door.
Am I being ignored?
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So glad am I faith restricted my attempts...
To take tempting shortcuts,
Around those obstacles I did not want to face.
So glad am I,
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Those afraid to admit their wrongs...
To protect deepening mental insecurities,
Have done to themselves much injustice.
And it is with frustrations...
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If you want more of this,
There's no need to lick the pot.
I've got it...
To give.
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Those who use tired and old tactics,
To build up defenses...
With others sympathetic to their pretenses,
Run into the same brick walls.
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