Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

If you're holding too tight,
On something too long.
And it hasn't dawn on you,
That something is wrong.
...

You can battle any illness you wish...
But,
Battle with the act of love.
...

It is easy to win someone,
With the telling of lies.
Many refuse to call them that.
Preferring 'Embellished Exaggerations'...
...

Any awakening called upon...
For others to do that,
To happened?
With an awaited expectation?
...

Nobody told me I should be giving you,
That kind of respect.

'And what kind of respect is that? '
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For decades.
'D' With 'cades'...
Decades!
The homeless and those hungry,
...

I am not alone in consciousness.
With many who are also aware,
Of what does...
And what for them,
...

When there's a meaning to a pain,
It can make a better life.
It will enrich with understanding coming,
To pay attention to a need.
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When you find that you've been saddled for a ride...
Move your hoofs.
When you find that you've been saddled for a ride...
Someone's got you hooked!
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In the making of the whole.
In the making of the whole.
My peace within,
Has been earned...
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