Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Addicted is a dependency,
Consented to defend it.
And rewarded to permit,
A repeating done with assistance.
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I've never felt your touch.
Or tenderness.
To feel it inside.
Or felt it from you to express.
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No more of your B.S.,
Am I digesting.
To believe your serving of it,
I deserve.
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Live life unafraid to make mistakes.
Mistakes made create to establish,
Lasting and unforgettable memories.
Very few who play it safe,
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I did it done to do,
With a gift not to quit.
Or accept discouragement...
Allowed in my mind,
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Under the most negative conditions,
No one should accept to let...
Their dreams to wish,
Be left to die.
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Growing and knowing,
Necessary changes have come...
With them done to be made,
Isn't always planned.
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Radiate.
Even in the silence of it,
To do alone.
With no one else around to notice,
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I am who I am.
And from a seed planted,
In an environment...
I grew to love.
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When grown folks who have aged,
Remain with their minds to stay...
Focused on childhood activities,
Performed decades long gone.
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