<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=438364" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Just For Being</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I agree with your assessments, <br>And the judgements that you've passed.<br>They are yours...<br>And not mine to argue.<br>The peace I reflect, <br>I did not purchase! <br>Or am I about to barter it away! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">However...<br>Blemishes I have I do not hide.<br>I had no one there, <br>Protecting me with shelter...<br>To deny what others saw<br>When I appeared outside.<br>Sometimes followed by the law.<br>Just for being who I am.<br>A black man who is a descendent, <br>Of 'this' and not of foreign lands! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I wish I could sit and help others, <br>To dismiss their own conflicts...<br>With insecurities they self-inflict.<br>The scars I wear are not from fear.<br>Or from dodging comments from critics! <br>Whether they are far or near.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am not here to re-adjust my appearance, <br>For anyone! <br>And whether or not that is clear...<br>Makes no difference, <br>To someone who has survived...<br>Out of the bowels of indifferences, <br>From all kinds who thrive.<br>Regardless of who I 'regard'...<br>As being in or out of their minds! <br>I am blessed not to have them, <br>Define my life at anytime! <br>I am not one to solicit confinement.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lawrence+S.+Pertillar">Lawrence S. Pertillar</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=438364" data-title="Just For Being de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="I agree with your assessments, And the judgements that you've passed. They are yours... And not mine to argue. The peace I reflect, I did not purchase! Or am I about to barter it away! However... Blemishes I have I do not hide. I had no one t..."></div> </div> </div>

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