<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=340248" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>PASSAGE for Allen Ginsberg</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Sunflowers beside the railroad tracks,<br>sunflowers giving back the beauty God gave you<br>to one lonely traveler<br>who spies you from a train window<br>as she passes on her way to another train station.<br>She wonders if she were like you<br>rooted to your bit of earth<br>would she be happy,<br>would she be satisfied<br>to have the world glide past and not regret it?<br>For a moment, she thinks so,<br>then decides that, no, she never could<br>and turns back to her book of poetry,<br>remembering how hard it was to get here<br>and that flowers have their places as people do<br>and she cannot simply exchange hers for another,<br>even though she wants it.<br>That's how it is.<br>Her mother told her.<br>Now she believes her,<br>although she wishes she didn't.<br>At fifty-three, she feels the need<br>to rebel against the inevitable winding down.<br>She already feels it in her bones,<br>feels artery deterioration, and imagines<br>cancerous indications on medical charts<br>she hopes will never be part of her life,<br>as she turns back to the window<br>to catch the last glimpse of the sunflowers<br>that sent her thoughts on a journey<br>from which she knows she will never return,<br>only go on and on<br>and then just go.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ai+Ogawa">Ai Ogawa</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=340248" data-title="PASSAGE for Allen Ginsberg de Ai Ogawa" data-description="Sunflowers beside the railroad tracks, sunflowers giving back the beauty God gave you to one lonely traveler who spies you from a train window as she passes on her way to another train station. She wonders if she were like you rooted to your bit o..."></div> </div> </div>

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