<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=344538" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Ponderings</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Life not as grand<br>as you thought it would be. <br>This common feeling <br>has come over me.<br>Those dreams and desires<br>that dwelt in my head, <br>long years of reality <br>has left them all dead.<br>My parents did tell me (and I believed) <br>'you can be anything you want to be'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now many years later<br>I have come to know, <br>though much is promised<br>tis not always so.<br>And anything, anything I want to be<br>is not always the thing <br>that is needed from me. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Though struggle and pain<br>makes you stronger they say, <br>I tire of struggling everyday.<br>I'm 'strong as an ox'<br>but still I don't know<br>which dream to pursue<br>and which to let go.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">All I am seeking <br>is peace and a bed<br>and some time to ponder these<br>thoughts in my head.<br>As I grow older<br>my hair turns to snow<br>and I grow wiser, for one thing I know, <br>no matter the pressures, <br>what I want to be<br>is a healthy old lady<br>enjoying my tea.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Angela+Michel">Angela Michel</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=344538" data-title="Ponderings de Angela Michel" data-description="Life not as grand as you thought it would be. This common feeling has come over me. Those dreams and desires that dwelt in my head, long years of reality has left them all dead. My parents did tell me (and I believed) 'you can be anything you..."></div> </div> </div>

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