Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

You gotta be 'real'
To know God in your heart!
You can't steal Him through prayer...
And pretend with everyone,
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I don't subject myself to rudeness,
Or condone it where I go.
I see some prude who allow this crudeness...
As if ignoring it doesn't make it so!
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I know
About rocky roads
And the dangers that weaken beliefs!
But I've grown...
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If we show You neglect...
Neglected are our lives reflected.
If we expect to be comforted,
Without giving You
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I have been told
Not to expect others
To feel as passionate
About life as I do!
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What can be said
To someone who is sleeping?
Someone so removed from consciousness...
Nothing can be done,
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They see themselves as prime.
Something others crave sometimes.
They see themselves as 'fine'!
And 'why' most ask?
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Common Sense?
If it is so common,
Why is it so rarely displayed?
People who succeed academically...
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Tainted is the wine
Being sip by puckered lips.
Dripping from the mouths of those
Exchanging socializing quips!
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They don't understand the 'art' in me.
The part of me that is 'art' creativity.
The process of it can not be explained.
It's not to be intellectualized...
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