Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Don't hand me that fight for honor nonsense,
Needing to be won and done by anyone...
With a killing on a battlefield no one shuns.
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You posed an opposition,
'Cause I said, 'Suppose'.
Without a hint or clue,
Of why my 'supposing' rose.
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You may never know,
What it's like to fly.
Or come to know,
What makes the change of seasons.
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If no one else has made attempts,
To what was perceived was there
And did not replenish it.
No one person alone can restore
That which is gone.
And isn't there anymore.
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I am to stop my own progress.
To aid you in the taking of your steps.
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There are those who actually believe,
They can study the thought process...
Of another with misplaced effort and time spent.
And doing the best they can to dissect,
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The trouble with people feeding their greed,
And perceiving their feeding to hoard
To be an eternal process,
For themselves to be kept stored.
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For those who wish were given,
More time to find.
Is it easier,
When they get it.
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When an admission of caring for another,
Begins for the other...
A reason to establish a game of playing,
'Let Me See You Chase'.
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Even though people hold unto beliefs,
They will declare exist.
With interpretations of them.
Like a peace wished to exist.
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