Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

You know what has been made easy,
For many people to do?
Make declarations about others that are not true.
Then to have people convinced about it too.
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Take care of all that which is loved!
And...
Don't let it,
Slip away...
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Peace keeps me desperate,
With a wish not to let it stray.
Too far away,
From an earned solitude.
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You have every right in the keeping of your beliefs.
And to quote from notes of those who lecture,
From pulpits to pedestals in speeches that preach.
However...
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Why is it,
That those depicted as being rude or insolent...
And prepared to quarrel,
Seem to be the ones having their toes stepped on...
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I may now and then,
Step away for a minute.
To replenish my energy.
And to keep it from being diminished.
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You may have the freedom to spy on me.
For as long and as often as you like.
And as long as you realize I exercise my freedom,
To know this is what you do...
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Often complaints are heard,
From grown men and women...
Who they blame for their insecurities.
While they did nothing innocently,
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You can say what you wish.
In detailed depictions to describe it.
However...
If you had not felt a pinch of it to feel,
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If I hopped to skip,
To then jump through hoops...
With an attitude seen to do it,
Sweating from heat and at high noon.
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