<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=348380" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Ah! You Didn't Know?</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">In an evening of events, <br>He and I met together <br>In the City-Coffee House<br>And broke the silence of a millennium <br>Over a steaming-cup of coffee.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He spoke and I listened.<br>Slowly I discovered<br>The iron-gates of the castle-in-ruins<br>Opened up with a crackle before my eyes<br>And the rusty past shed its darkness<br>To a shining glory.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He identified the strange and precious gems<br>Stored in the womb of the ruins<br>And I, on my part, recognised them<br>In their antique glory.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Encouraged by his profound knowledge<br>And sense of beauty I thought; <br>I could at least show him<br>The mundane vapours<br>Flying from the hot cup of coffee.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He observed them, <br>And admonishing me for<br>My idiocy, said: </div><div style="margin:10px 0">“You thought they’re ordinary vapours, <br>Nay, they are ephemeral curls of steam<br>Heading upwards<br>Like benign souls! ”<br>And further added<br>“These curls of steam are cycles<br>Of birth and death, <br>You didn’t know”? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I said, “No, I didn’t know, <br>Now that you said, <br>I know.”</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Arkay+Drk">Arkay Drk</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=348380" data-title="Ah! You Didn't Know? de Arkay Drk" data-description="In an evening of events, He and I met together In the City-Coffee House And broke the silence of a millennium Over a steaming-cup of coffee. He spoke and I listened. Slowly I discovered The iron-gates of the castle-in-ruins Opened up with a cr..."></div> </div> </div>

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