Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

I am told I have a way with words.
I am encouraged when I hear that said.
I remember listening to my father talk.
And when he would sing...
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Some may choose to rush through life,
With a seeking done...
That reflects an absence of appreciation,
To anyone or at anytime shown.
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There are those who accept life,
Only from their perception.
And if it is not within their eyesight...
It simply does not exist.
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Yes...
My credit is bad.
It has been for a long time.
But guess what?
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There are some of us who have a right to be outrageous!
And completely crazed by lives lived chasing materialistic dreams.
Trying to express a happiness by the acquisition of things...
Brings heartbreak and remorse.
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One man is clearly brilliant.
While the other is fairly clever.
However one has scars remaining...
In a mind still clinging onto war.
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Remember when it was said,
New Days are ahead?
Well...
They are here.
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They say he is inexperienced.
They say he does not know how to lead.
Are these things being said out of jealousy?
Because he has clearly superceded those disgruntled...
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Since they are not into 'that'...
They choose to know nothing about it.
And they express no interest in the 'other'...
So that goes unknown as well.
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Coming out of the midst of shadows,
To greet the radiance of the Sun...
They come together to defeat the wizards,
Of darkened ambitions.
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