Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Protective become those labels to give.
Defined to identify,
Attachments to keep that which is accepted.
With perceptions kept to further limit.
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Champions of color,
Must prove themselves...
Superior in ways,
Than the programming created
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Living a life more to do,
To make impressions...
Often will come to those,
Realizing to learn too late...
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Once one's own actions,
Have been accepted to acknowledge...
That unexplained negativity,
One creates...
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Creating the crime,
Has progressed opportunities.
And those resenting these times we live,
Are not seeking too deeply...
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Dahddy?

'Was is this with that 'dahddy' business? '
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People without patience,
Can not appreciate the having of peace...
To comprehend the meaning of it.
Or to show it from them,
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How do you intend to deliver your speech?
With it done uninterrupted,
And attention given to you successfully?
Aren't you expecting to offend,
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When people begin to connect,
The affects their actions have on others...
To accept what they get in return,
Lessons will be learned to never forget.
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She knew and understood,
The man I would today become.
And even though I rebelled,
With a doing done when I was young...
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