Lawrence S. Pertillar Poems

Increasing flame!

We've got to let it go.
We've got to let it go.
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You seek direction!
That's what you claim to need.
And you want to stay clear...
Of a negativity that teases and schemes.
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If you're deep up in it,
It's all good.
And every minute that you give it,
It's all good.
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It is all in the open now!
And I hope you are not feeling,
Too ridiculous.
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We sit and wish to free ourselves,
From the ease to fall into the grips of lamenting.
Part of life is to be shakened up a bit emotionally.
And that is the only sense we can not transfer.
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On my back,
I see you casting shadows.
And picnicing under rain drenched clouds.
Can't you see I know that?
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There is a lot to uncover,
In the 'discovery' of self!
And 'that' is such a great experience.
It's the ultimate 'high'.
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There is so much incentive,
For one who reinvents!
There is an exploration done...
For many that makes no sense.
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At one time...
One would have to beg grocers
To get collard greens in their stores.
Now the major food chains,
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Aren't you tired of the folks who pass judgement?
You know the ones...
Quick to tell you how you should live
Always taking handouts from those they take for granted,
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