Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

I know,
You prefer the taste of your life sweet.
And I seem to be repeatedly embittered.
I admit it!
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Everytime I begin to write,
I have an encounter with reality.
Something within me validates with a scrutiny,
What there is I believe I am provoked to say.
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How can a people be awakened,
Who refuse to listen or pay attention.
What else can be done,
To keep them from suffering needlessly?
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If it's wanted one works nonstop.
And...
If it's wanted one has to be,
On top...
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Believing that an escape,
Eliminates what has chased...
For decades,
To now be ignored to stay,
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It is extremely difficult to stop,
Anyone with a passion...
Determine to see others fail.
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To save up today,
For a later date...
Is commendable if possible,
For those in positions to do it.
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Everyday there is 'something' else introduced
Many are solicited,
To advocate the supporting of ineffectiveness.
With a taking an attention away from the facts.
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There is nothing terribly wrong,
In the expressing of anyone's sentiments...
About the multitude of negative events,
Convincingly taking place...
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If my mission was to impress,
To effectively address a perceived ego...
Gone unidentified as an awareness.
With a labelling of being arrogant.
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