Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Just with You and me...
I sit.
Grateful to have this peace.
And with You to share it with.
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No more will my eyes cry,
For days gone by in shades of gray.
To wish that I...
Could relive a life,
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Strayed into the web and stayed,
With no apparent struggle.
Clued to value the sticky tricks of it.
And giving birth to a message relayed,
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You've got to roll with the punches,
If you're going to live life as it is.
Seeing things as they are...
And let others be!
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With love...
That's the only way I know.
With love...
That's the only way I know to show,
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I've made no pledge with no one,
To stay and remain on edge.
Or become upset,
As a sign to gratify someone's expectation.
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It takes more than a winning attitude,
To actually produce a win.
Some believe it is owed to them.
Those accustomed to adulation.
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I can no longer occupy my mind,
With imaginative associations...
To those who choose to distort friendships.
Especially the ones I've known for years...
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Oh I can be quite snide,
If that occasion should arise.
I can sling mud with the best...
If I am challenged to pass that test.
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From an egg one hatches.
And what appears is born.
Growth is expected.
And life goes on.
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