Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

However you spend these festive days...
May they be the best,
Of your holidays.
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What is it that you need,
I have not yet to give...
Or bestowed upon your desired wants.
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The fruit that looms from my labor,
Is more often than not...
Bittersweet.
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Were you upset,
By those who took you and your efforts for granted...
In the past?
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To value life,
More than things.
Is a mindset that arrives,
For those who choose to see beyond...
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All that is needed from you,
Is your presence.
And you are made to be convinced of this,
By those who sit and whittle,
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Reprisals?
From them?
Forget it.
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If quality of content,
Was recognized and the issue...
There would be few in number,
Achieving any attention at all.
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Attacking one's style of delivery,
And refusing to acknowledge the substance implied...
For purposes to keep mentalities sugarized.
Allows an atmosphere to remain cut pasted and safe.
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Today,
Like everyday...
I'm thankful for the blessings that come!
No matter who may say they have none...
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