Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

The cloak begins to slip off their backs.
No stepping aside or stepping to avoid,
Attacks.
This duo on top...
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Such mischievious shifts,
Are keeping lights on in the empire.
Burdens of devotion begins to show
No loyalty in flight!
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Rude they are
The electronic plugged-in kids!
With scholarships to induce us all
With a preview of a future
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The best of good deeds,
Are not the ones discussed to be done!
The best deeds that are good...
Are those deeds lived,
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They prejudge and evaluate,
On a scale that is much outdated!
And now they find
No one pays them any mind,
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I don't care what he does,
Or how he does it
To portray he's getting it done!
Incompetent he is...
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There will be times
When flying alone,
A treasure is discovered...
Unexpectedly!
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My parents encouraged
My sisters and me
To be who we are.
To see our lives the way it was seen,
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Awaken with love in your heart.
And a willingness to show it.
Those who choose to arm with armor...
Aren't as strong as the tree that is witnessed.
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Don't bite into my skin
With troubles you begin
That venom you want in me,
Just wont be...
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