Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Blessed are the ones,
Encouraged when young.
By those motivated,
With inspiration and desire.
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In between what! ?
Is the middle class.
And how long will that class last,
Before realizing...
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If it doesn't work out,
Why stay with it.
To pretend it can be fixed.
Like those in relationships.
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"Uh...
Captain? "

What is it now?
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Deceiving to achieve,
A dishonest strategy...
One does doing in the hopes,
To accomplish.
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Few these days awakening,
To face facts they had ignored.
Should expect a fast track,
With reality and the truth of it...
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A quality of life identified.
Seems more gratifying to realize,
At a certain stage...
One accepting to have aged is reached.
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A noticeable indifference shown,
To the ones who manage...
Keeping their successes to achieve,
Unknown publicly.
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Functionally dysfunctional.
An existence to live,
With unfaced and deep to keep,
Hidden mental issues.
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What matters more,
Than all the 'befores' of yesterday.
Is living to not accept,
Less than the best to expect.
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