Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Every note and placement,
Where they are heard...
Is given specific meaning,
With an applied definition.
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The only time given to any of us that comes,
Are those moments we stay aware...
That a taking it for granted,
To walk on paths of despair...
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When some folks are given ten minutes of attention,
To then begin to 'assume'...
Their star shines brighter than any other in the universe,
Something is missing in those heads this dense...
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Deciding to achieve happiness effectively,
Without the stress from others to get...
As a special delivery to accept.
Don't do it and refuse.
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Many today so self-obsessed,
And live to thrive to pride themselves on it...
With a manipulating done to deceive discreetly,
Represents a mindset that has been condoned.
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Who not expose to it,
Can be convinced today...
The value of truth is a treasure not to trade.
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Who convinced the people,
They should feed their biased needs?

They should now see the conflicts in it.
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We introduced the confusion and conflicts,
With our deceit.
What else do you wish to have revealed?
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Only one is there and found alone,
To feel a personal pain that is felt.
Only one is there to condone,
To know what it takes to heal and mend.
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I remember those,
Who felt the necessity to critique me.
And what they perceived to be,
My lack of expressing my ethnicity.
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