Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

So many desire a 'was' that had been,
To remain with events remembered.
Without those uncomfortable changes made.
To allow a stagnation...
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If we should never meet...
To greet or see one another eye to eye,
Know this...
We are experiencing to witness,
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On the tip of my tongue,
Sits the words, 'I Love You'.
But...
Somehow,
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Look not do I,
To you to give me 'props'.
Or acceptance of status...
To swell an ego,
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Do what you do.
And do that,
At the best of your ability.
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I wish I had kept a list,
Of those who scholarly attempted...
To critique my abilities.
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Calm down.
Dry your eyes
I know you are feeling upset,
By the names you've been called...
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Decisions?
When making them,
Be firm.
And if you are not accustomed,
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Those sudden qualms manifesting...
Coming in an alarming harm,
To arrest with an unresting,
Of my possessed propriety...
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Who 'is' you?

'No.
It is who 'are' you.'
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