Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Disappointments I no longer keep,
As regretted open wounds slow to mend.
That I had expected to leave left that way.
To burden myself with yesterday's sorrows.
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If there is one thing,
People will ultimately come to understand...
About life and living reality.
If comprehending is in their game plan.
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Rusting trust discussions,
Can not seem to hush...
Those gathering more disgusted,
Who represent themselves...
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Those who have questions now wanting to ask,
With an urgency today just as outdated...
When answers were available,
In those times long gone...
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Anyone wishing to achieve success,
And still without a guarantee to receive it...
Must have discipline to tolerate the taste,
Of sacrifice to appreciate the ups and downs...
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I can understand,
Your going through hard financial times.
But stealing the little I have to be yours,
Is not a mistake but a blatant crime.
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Bad mouth bashers meet their matches.
And have begun to be dissed to dash.
As fast as one can bat an eyelash.
And not with a tongue done to do.
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Truth is beginning to occupy a bigger space.
In the heads that have relied too long on deception.
With it discovered that a reception of it to accept,
And welcome...
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Why have people become,
Repeatedly 'shocked'...
By the increase,
Of preventable crime and violence.
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There is no place,
For kept bigotry and hatred.
Especially when those who inflict it,
Bring upon themselves...
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