Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

They could have had their culture and identity in place.
But many of them because of jealousy,
Took their time to slander and erase...
Any deed that was done by anyone who came to uplift them!
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If this was easy...
Why isn't more of it being produced,
At this caliber.
If this was easy.
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In the shadows of the night...
A shift of myths has come.
An expansion of consciousness...
To all has converged!
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From birth to achieve one's purpose,
Is that what it is one's life should be?
Or are we given this experience...
To exist to witness others succeed?
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Wear your toupee with a wish youth stays.
Handle all your business from May 'til December.
Pray reality you pay for never fades.
Since so many like you can't accept what's true.
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Obsessed with correctness,
And images sublime to define themselves.
Yet their quality of life is beset by decadence.
Although they would prefer to be discreet...
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They have concerned themselves,
More with the vote...
And not the folks.
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It is not enough to be just 'who' we are today.
Today we must be on alert...
To insure who we believe we are,
Hasn't been overtaxed.
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Excuse me...
But you have stepped on my toes!

'Why didn't you say something...
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I've lost everything.
My way of life.
My pride.
My happiness.
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