Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Reaching to seek what is imagined mythically,
And worshipped to seduce fears...
If one doesn't live within restrictions to adhere.
With a loyality specific to something symbolically,
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Whoever debates prepared or not.
Or wherever the state that debate takes place,
To awaken those listening,
Awaiting to hear truths or facts.
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With communistic beginnings.
And beliefs in economic equality.
Seeing a vision of John The Baptist.
Who then taught him water baptism.
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When I was a child I remember vividly,
This young woman reaching for sheets to hang...
In one of the community spaces used,
To hang and dry washed clothes.
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It comes as no surprise,
By those who get things done.
That their efforts to do and achieve,
Are often criticized loudly.
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The path I have paved,
Has been years in the making.
Few detours on it have I taken.
With obstacles to remove,
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Giving up should never be an option,
For anyone...
With more to be done.
Giving up should never be considered.
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Dodging life for fantasies are not realistic...
But yet goes on.
Wanting to be comforted by things we pick...
Goes on and on.
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Listen up.
Let's not beat around the bush here.
Do you prefer facing the truth?
Or be subjected to the consequences?
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Un-believable situations,
Leave a lump in a throat.
And those,
Un-believable situations...
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