Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Reality is being faced!
Many are awakening...
And finding truth has been replaced.
But when told that this was coming...
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On the lower level,
Squinting eyes sour...
Behind disguising masks.
Worn by those refusing to remove them.
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My address is the same.
It hasn't changed for years.
My telephone number is listed.
So are those of my relatives.
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When I said 'no'
To your question,
About the possibility of us
Getting back together again.
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No one knew.
They kept this to themselves.
For years they carried this,
On their shoulders.
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Led to believe
One amoungst them
Was beneath.
For years this perception,
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To what degree
Should one accept
Repeated nonsense to please?
Especially when it becomes a pattern
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Rest my voice...
In fast and scattered passages.
Too many choices,
My mind searches from within.
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Each day comes...
With a renewed freshness.
Nothing arriving with dawn,
Is linked to a hopelessness...
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They came to share...
Not invade another's space.
With a nothingness but faith,
They brought.
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