Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

No one who's attracted to another,
Does it...
Just for kicks.
Just for kicks.
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Love never comes,
To anyone too late.
With it felt to feel and appreciate,
The sharing of it given.
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My regrets to have,
Are limited to few.
And even those few I have kept,
I keep to remind me...
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There is a deficit of 'ifs'.
Promises and failed commitments.
Allowed to excuse yet fades,
Truth.
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Symbols to identify,
An obtained image of materialism...
Wished with a wanting to get and realize,
Leaves many feeling they must qualify...
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No one can erase memories.
Whether they are selective,
To forget others.
Or picked to remember,
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Not a flower in The Kingdom,
Has been picked to overlook...
Its significance to behold.
Not one seed of The Kingdom planted,
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After carrying a weight,
That may be yours and others too.
To leave those believing,
There was an ease of it to do.
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Yearned it has been and earned,
This peace I keep released inside.
And to feed upon thoughts,
To me fed privately...
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Why the somber and solem looks?
The dark suits?
And the meshed veils,
Covering the women's faces.
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