Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Please...
I beg of thee.
To gaze upon and read,
My poetry.
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Every sentence I ended...
She said bite me.
Every comment I made...
Her response was a way,
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You gotta know love.
You ought to know love.
You gotta know love.
You ought to know love.
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The bolder ones get all the gold.
At least this is the story we are told,
That's kept.
No matter who sits...
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What money has yet to accomplish?
A satisfying way to be repelled,
By the benefit of having it.
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It is wonderful to feel,
Blessed beyond depiction.
And a sadness as well...
To know those one knew,
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I may not have clock stopping beauty.
Or manners of a hip hop, pop or rock star.
Chocked full of hits at the top of the charts.
But...
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Sometimes I wish I could revisit my intentions.
And do a focus on my purpose,
With a prioritizing of my needs.
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Healing from a sustaining pain maintained...
To discover a conquering of it,
Is like being raised and propelled...
To another level of consciousness.
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A mind that remains stifled,
Will always be in conflict...
With one of growth.
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