Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

You wished life lived and with fun.
And the doing of it has been done.
You lived life and on the run.
With a wanting more fun to come.
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If what I have possessed impresses more,
Than the deeds I bring for anyone to address...
There are those with eyes and minds closed,
Needing not to give me a single clue that shows...
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Disputing effects to not accept,
Will not lessen any regrets.
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Never stop to think your best is enough.
Always do your very best to then step up.
Never think the best you've done is enough.
Always seek to do your best even better.
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Justifying their sanities,
Does not mean 'insane' they are not.
Like one who deceives with lies told a lot,
Believes any revealing explanation...
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I use to fear the unknown.
Until I was shown each day I live,
From the moment I was born to face steps...
I had to accept to take I had never taken before,
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What IS going on?
Has everyone become insane?
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The expense of keeping minds entertained and distanced,
To sustain a maintaining of those frivolities kept...
Has become more prioritized than the realities lived.
And those who oppose and protest,
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Adjustments are not easy to welcome.
Especially when they arrive unexpectedly,
With no other choice but to have them done.
Adjustments immediately are rejected by everyone.
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Very few who have lived their lives,
Pursuing in public view what it is they do...
Have been exempt from being criticized.
Or unaware of what they have tolerated,
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