Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

If you had been born superior.
With a mind.
And felt that in your heart.
Kept to feel and believe.
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If truth can be...
No longer respected to accept.
Or kept protected to defend.
By those willing to enjoy,
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Seek to understand and comprehend.
Seek from someone to be taught,
Something new beyond what is familiar.
Something new not to expect.
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Repeatedly history has proven it.
Those reluctant to speak,
Observe this to know to validate it.
Even the ones hired,
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What overwhelms can stun.
Like an eclipsing of the Sun.
Done.
Yet later claim to deny,
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Conditioned to manipulate,
Customs and traditions.
With a breaking to update,
Established rules and laws.
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Your touch is just too much.
Both sensitive and powerful.
Without being intrusive.
Although seductive it is.
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They run.
From themselves they chase.
Wanting to find that place.
To escape and isolate themselves.
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Mentally in a state of panic.
Flustered and frustrated.
Demonstrating,
A running out of prime TV time.
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A light so bright,
Not too soon to forget.
Contributions made,
With such sportsmanship.
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