Cry Me A River
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
You alone,
Implemented to condone division.
You,
And no one else...
Took steps with an agenda,
To use racism...
As an effective way,
That would bring hatred to begin...
A focus upon ethnic diversity.
The very bread and butter,
Of your own survival.
You.
And no one else,
Find the loss of your common sense.
Toss away for a life to fiction.
An honor.
And now you say,
Forgiveness to give it...
Is an attribute expected.
With anticipation to accept 'Christians' do.
As if duty driven.
While you try to cry me a river.
How many times have I already told you,
It's not easy to miss...
The lips of hypocrites.
Trembling.
And prepared to dismiss your faking of tears.
However...
What I offer for your lips to kiss,
No hypocrite you know to follow...
Would never be that honest.
Nor generous to recommend taking your time!
Since to me,
My attitude to acquire is this...
You have made it obvious and clear,
Remaining to get down and funky...
Is your 'thing'.
Without hesitating to prove,
This skill belongs to you to do it well.
Crying?
Had been your option to introduce a truth.
As far away and distant from your eyes.
Like the lies you tell repeatedly to deceive,
Reality.
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Written on May 11, 2023
Submitted by lpahtillah on May 11, 2023
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