Lawrence S. Pertillar Leaving Poems

You STILL wouldn't 'get it'.
Even IF the directions,
Were drawn using neon crayons
Pointing to the exit...
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Giving without expectation to receive,
Is the best prescription one can get.
And overdosing to forget selfishness,
Is suggested if one wishes to experience...
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I'm not leaving nothing.
I'm not leaving 'nothin',
Near my feet to peep.
I'm not leaving nothing,
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This is what's up.
If others you meet are treated with respect...
They are given every reason,
To return a similar deed.
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Being who one 'is',
Would be identified by consistency.
One would 'think'.
But today very few do!
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It all balances.
The good.
The bad.
The awful...
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IF they can ruin themselves
And their own fellowmen.
Destroy families and friends
For a dollar bill whose value
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No one could stop them,
From playing into the hands of the demon.
Who fed them with opulence,
And distractions to keep them...
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My home I opened without restrictions.
No conditions were you required to meet.
I wanted to treat you to peace,
And hospitality!
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Getting up and leaving,
Just before the dawn.
And after making love,
With a doing made that's gone.
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When certain people refuse to listen,
With nothing to comprehend or learn...
Why continue to waste time and unheard words?
What point is there to be made,
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Doesn't it seem,
Demons come out of hiding.
The moment you decide...
You will live your life,
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Needed...
Is much more love.
Needed...
Is faith and hope.
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On a plateau leaving...
Are those who stood by to warn,
And 'suggest'...
Times to leave behind,
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I have yet to find it,
Constructive, productive 'or' beneficial...
To offer an opinion, suggestion,
Or solicited advice to anyone who has asked...
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I use to think of it important,
To express respect...
In response to acknowledge,
A comment addressed and to me made.
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It is what it is.
And those who know why it is that way,
Will continue to pretend...
They are clueless.
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Remember in times of innocence,
How easy it was to accuse others...
Of being mean and indifferent.
And those who did this,
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No pedestal should be loved so great,
To satiate a promising of a permanence determined.

Appreciating an arrivial done,
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To intimidate,
Without reprisals to face.
Or believe a retaliation,
Will not take place...
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Oh. Oh. Oh...
Efficacies effective leaving,
Those who...
Feel this with emotions ceased.
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Whatever that is,
That comes to provide a comfort...
To anyone with a kept belief,
It is okay to disrespect someone in their home...
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Take your feet off the desks.
All of you are here and expected to listen.
Or at least 'pretend' to be college students.

What does the invention of the gun,
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Pray!
Not to dim,
The light on evil.
In darkness evil survives.
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I had been anxious to please.
With a need to do this,
For someone loved.
For someone I thought,
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They are doing their best,
To ensure everything he does fails.
And when and 'if' that should happen,
They then try to prevail...
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Perhaps it is their madness!
Or an entrapment that satisfies.
However...
I can not be the only one who notices,
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Repeated to remember it,
Is hate.
With no solution to end it,
To make.
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When accessible and available,
A taking for granted took place.
When hard to find and out of touch,
A curiosity arises.
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Don't be afraid to knock.
No.
Don't be afraid to knock,
On...
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I have no clue,
What your expectations are.
Nor should you wait in anticipation,
Hoping to find me elated...
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