Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

If I did not know,
Releasing myself from my own issues...
And problems to make attempts to let them go,
I would still be blaming my kept insecurities...
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Aging to approach full bloom,
Is a blessing some may consider mixed.
Others may consider treasured memories reminisced,
As a collecting of experiences in a time to wish dismissed.
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Many can not, will not accept and/or refuse,
To agree to see it for what it is.
Regardless of the topic to have it stopped.
Even if described as a forest,
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Why is it one seems to be able,
To hold onto a dollar for days?
And yet...
Hundreds of dollars would take just hours,
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A Black woman or a Black man,
In a leadership position...
Not only receives 'flack' from their own kind.
But is scrutinized and critiqued,
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There is no vegetation,
And the water they bathe
And drink is muddied!
Their plight is one of complete,
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A dumbing down to do is already done.
And there's no need to defend,
Or be the one offended.
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I am in it to compete and finish,
All tasks to pass and to succeed.
I've already won,
To abandon thoughts of winning.
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The monk...
He has the key!
Does that make him,
The only monk keyed who sees?
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I wish I knew you.
Even though I feel I do.
There is something between us,
Greater than we know.
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