Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

I am not the same,
To pretend changes I have made...
Have not been excruciating.
Or exhausting to attempt,
...

You may want to see me,
Down and out.
Beneath and under shadows cast.
And you may spend a lifetime,
...

Obtain that needed peace,
In the quietness that silence brings.

Know that moments in silence kept,
...

Open up the window,
To realize how high the sky.
Open up that window,
To see what before you passes by.
...

I've got you.
You've got me.
And we've got...
Dreams.
...

If my point of view offends you...
Where on Earth do you think,
In my head it was stirred and nourished from?
Neptune?
...

A tolerance that comes to sit with patience,
For those awakening to realize...
Their lives lived had been mostly disguised,
By a fantasized reality...
...

You drive me crazy.
And I must,
Like...
The craze.
...

Those most dependable,
Are not the ones we show...
A giving of respect.
They're often people we neglect.
...

Why do you claim with innocence,
You get it...
When you don't.
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