Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Like fallen leaves...
In Spring.
A scene that rarely happens.
Or the sight and sound,
...

This may be your yesterday,
Delayed with promises again to make.
With habits stated you need to break.
Dragging behind you conflicts
...

I can be cold.
And can detail my reasons.
I can choose anger to sit...
And have that expressed,
...

Some folks say what they do,
For the ease of it.
That is quicker to produce,
Than it is what they've said they've done.
...

IF they can ruin themselves
And their own fellowmen.
Destroy families and friends
For a dollar bill whose value
...

They wished to dig up dirt.
But I was the one,
To reveal that first.
I knew I was far too deep for them.
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Only you can take me,
To love...
And keep me there.
I am so aware,
...

Before the 'shock and awe'
There were trinkets tossed
To send them shopping.
That 'stimulated' them,
...

Feed them trash.
And they will love it.
Overwhelm them with brilliance...
And they will be stunned.
...

It only begins to hurt those,
Who applied misdeeds...
'Now' feeling themselves bleeding.
It only begins to hurt...
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