Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

She knew and understood,
The man I would today become.
And even though I rebelled,
With a doing done when I was young...
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Unnoticed years of erosion,
Under one's nose...
To think of it as a quick fix needed.
With a giving of five to ten minutes,
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All that I want,
Is within my reach.
All that there is to satisfy.
And...
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Greater Than the best I've left.
Yes.
That's how I want you pleased.
Impressed!
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Not a figment of one's imagination,
Is a life of another lived.
Nor can one explain a pain endured.
Felt as others take this and theirs,
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Fireflies in the night-time...
Light your eyes.
I am like an owl aroused,
By oodles of full moonlight.
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If you allow yourself to set high standards...
For yourself!
No one else.
Just yourself.
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To become fully awakened,
By consciousness...
Is a dangerous journey,
For anyone who begins their first steps...
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Don't you feel a mess,
When you don't get those kudos?

Kudos.
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You can read it as it is,
For the rest of your life!
And...
It will still make sense.
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