Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

The one thing about playing,
The game of hide and seek...
Is,
Sooner or later the game of it...
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A self confidence shown,
But taught to others to disrespect...
As one's attempt to be better than the rest,
Will someday prove the doing of this...
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Owning and not to borrow or loan,
One's direction taken...
Consisting of a mix of confidence,
Faith and initiative unshaken.
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Sometimes that which to some becomes obvious,
To many taking it for granted stays invisible.
With a pride to defend what others find offensive,
When this oversight is mentioned.
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Safety nets are no longer in use,
With a proof that they protect...
Those assets now reduced to leave,
Little left to cover increasing debts.
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I've been,
Since my youth...
Intensed with a feeling that I had to win.
And I've been,
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I am not here to bask in your delusions.
OR paint pictures to depict,
Realities you prefer that do not conflict.
Pastel colors are not on my palate.
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If it was about obtaining money...
No one would have known my name.
Only deeds done have brought to me attention.
With a mission to accomplish the doing of it.
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They can not look within themselves,
To uncover solutions to undo their problems.
Accustomed they are to placing blame.
Claiming faults elsewhere...
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I will remain connected,
To an identity that reflects respect...
And honors the dignity of my ancestors.
With an upholding I will never neglect.
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