Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Those that write...
Know there is no easy way to it,
To get it done.
But to do it.
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Narrow, shallow and mundane.
Many have decided to resist this and split.
And not try to make any sense of it.
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Many have more than been escorted,
To the threshold of fame.
Some visualized this at their births.
Knowing within them,
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Why don't you write more from the 'Black' perspective?
Or the African-American point of view.
Perhaps from the 'Negro' in you.
You have several points of view,
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The failure factor,
Attacks...
Those who believe they can make mistakes.
And not hold themselves accountable.
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Those who have clouded minds,
Seem to have been punished...
For thoughts they could have had.
But for some reason,
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On and in what stage of regret,
Will an accepted sorrow be fully embraced.
With a forgiveness granted?
Unfortunately...
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When trust is lost...
It is gone.

Some unaccustomed,
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It is remarkable.
People actually believe,
They can sit through a ritual...
And transcend their demons.
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No one should live a life,
Trying to convince another...
That is what they are doing with it.
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