Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

If you ask for my opinion...
Do not expect me to be subjective.
I may neglect to be objective.
With a purpose to reflect,
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I don't have expectations to be loved.
I don't dwell on the reception of it!
I have have it.
I give it.
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Don't want to.
Don't have to.
And will not,
Tolerate further nonsense...
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Why was that said?
When I meant not to say it.
I meant to delay it from my lips...
Before they opened,
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My life...
Is not one of strife,
But magic.
Within this mental illusion shared.
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Folks who wish they knew more about others and don't...
Say those like this are 'complicated'.

Nothing is complicated about someone who lives an active life.
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When I am writing,
That is what I do.
I am not reading.
And those few times I read...
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To be without things easily received,
Then taken.
Breaking mistaken trust.
And cussing those you blame,
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Because I made decisions,
To release and free myself of tensions.
I have been told I am not 'really' happy.
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There has to be 'something' left to salvage.
Something with a footstep placed,
And taken towards integrity.
Something with a fingerprint on it...
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