Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

I can relate to being deeply depressed.
Emotionally drained,
And mentally stressed.
I can relate to those who drink and smoke pot.
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It's not that I am negative.
It just seems too exhausting,
To have high expectations...
When those choices are diminished,
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No sir...
I did not say,
You were clearly out of your mind.
You are jumping to conclusions!
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Confused and duped by a cruel world.
And broken!
Until a choice is made it's better...
Accepting one's fate to lose.
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I am not trying to make sense.
Or find a place where it is common.
I've traveled those avenues before.
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What makes someone become better,
At doing what it is they do?

That depends.
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How can experiences lived,
Be shared positively.
In conversations,
That are openly expressed...
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I love it when I hear,
Others can do what I do.
And show a better quality,
In the doing of it too.
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There is an understanding to be claimed,
You say is now within your reach.
And you can comprehend how I've been feeling?
Making it okay for you now to speak to me.
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Many have spent decades.
To do for lifetimes and generations...
In pointless discussions to waste their time,
Focusing on how others should use 'their' minds.
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