Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Exclusion did not free them to grandeur.
As they sheltered themselves in secret.

What they met was an isolation squandered,
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A stain has been left on it.
A path I pave.
I suspect someone,
Has taken it for granted.
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On 'this' side,
Of our daily lives...
So many chances come to us,
To reflect.
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So welcomed are those of fresh voices,
Giving points of view...
From new avenues,
And unsubdued by aging thought.
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'That' Star that shines ever so bright,
Beckons you to reach for it.
See how it sparkles,
Each time you glimpse?
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Too brave I have been to be innocent.
Too inquisitive and experimental...
With an unresting daring to live and learn.
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Why aren't you here,
To participate in my anger?
Why aren't you loathing in self pity?
And sitting in self inflicting bitterness.
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I chose to like my own life.
It wasn't easy then to do it.
Since many then pretended,
With no identifiable dignity.
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If my words are read for content,
Why do some believe...
Other interpretations are meant?
As if there is something to define,
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Trapped and confined.
With unbalanced queasy feelings...
Felt in these times out of alignment.
And trying too hard to fit in we do!
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