Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Keep close what you treasure,
Snug to hug your chest.
An abundance of those who had their eyes closed,
With lost integrities...
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Why would I question,
The fact that you watch my back?
Didn't you tell me,
It was every first Tuesday...
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I have been writing for so long,
The act of it is not premeditated.
It is who I am.
Something I do I understand.
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I did not arrive to dispute anyone's belief.
I hear that on a daily basis from those still in grief.
Moaning on the streets with their painful memories.
I came to contribute my insights...
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It is a good feeling being appreciated,
By those who express this with left messages.
Often people giving are taken for granted,
To leave assumptions to exist.
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I can only feel suspicious and not curiosity,
When my presence is said to be missed...
By the ones who did all they could to ruin my efforts,
To make sure my deeds by others were dismissed.
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I had not always been one considered,
To make good decisions with a wisdom done.
Nor in my youthful exuberance spent,
Adventuring blindly cause trouble for anyone.
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People who did it had no idea,
That I loved every moment...
When they were smearing my name,
By the making of their false claims.
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Separated from you,
Would leave me without purpose.
And knowing with you I have a purpose,
Gives me reason to exist.
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Why is it people pretend innocence,
When someone stops and refuses...
To again associate with them?
Something has happened.
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