Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Death to see be not too easy.
To witness it come,
Taking away with it someone loved.
With a stopping of breath for the last time to exit.
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Fame to achieve can not be predicted.
Or can it be claimed without working for it.
Although many who proclaim their success and fame,
Seldom name to acknowledge those who assist...
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Tricks to treat become less sweetened,
When the novelty of it...
Is discovered to have a permanence,
That begins to sicken entire environments.
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I want to understand,
That which I had misunderstood.
But as soon as I begin to comprehend,
I am told the questions I ask...
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Remove thoughts cemented in disappointment.
Decide that life is meant to live happily.
Greet the Sun as it rises with this to do intended.
And give gratitude to the Moon.
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Don't be down.
Keep both feet on the ground.
And take that frown off your face.
Remove that frown to be found.
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Those who waste to take their time,
Producing false accusations...
To do with limited minds,
Wallowing away in the bottom of gutters...
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Comforted by a life one lives,
To discover as one does it to love.
And awakens to appreciated it given.
With the power of expressing a gratefulness,
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You can accuse me or anyone to do.
Of anything,
From a darkened corner to whisper it.
But know this to notice as I have done,
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Much more to life there is to live,
Than bills to pay.
Or complaining about those taxes.
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