Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Out from the woodwork they will come,
Like carpenter ants and termites to cut down...
Anything to upset and destruct,
With a plucking of nerves.
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If there are those,
Who have walked on paths alone...
And they have known the ones,
To have stabbed them in the back...
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U rock!
U came piercing the atmosphere,
With a tingling all up in my heart.
And it went...
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How can one not love another,
Who commits to the giving of it...
Unconditionally?
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So much wanted that is wished,
Seems to come with required prerequisites.
Just to test one's desire.
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Only those who have become fed up with ignorance,
Are they who first to make attempts to quench their thirst...
With a feeding that begins to attract them to wisdom.
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So...
While the children were sleeping,
Snug in their beds...
A fat man dressed in a red suit,
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With any giving of reason,
Just to get to see you pleased.
There are some strict restrictions,
I must uphold to leave.
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No one said anything about it being easy,
To walk away from that which has been indoctrinated...
And known all of one's life.
It is traumatic to awaken,
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As far as perceptions go,
One should not believe they know another,
Based upon what they have been told.
Everything living like the seasons do change.
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