<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=355905" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Pianist</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">A young perplexing boy who found comfort in staying out of sight, <br>Had a behaviour that made him the target of cruelty and smite, <br>One day by chance he came upon a piano and came alight, <br>And quite soon gained respect since his music was able to excite, <br>Yet was not happy for he wanted to gain finesse overnight, <br>He would practice relentlessly, studying and playing hourly, <br>With time he gained the mastery, which he had lusted for dearly, <br>He would sleep his nights restlessly, without fail waking eagerly, <br>Since he was obsessed about playing his instrument flawlessly, <br>He came to be annoyed at how his playing was not always tight, <br>Maintaining the concentration required took all of his might, <br>He removed all his possessions in and around his line of sight, <br>Still it was not enough and so he removed everything outright, <br>Yet was not happy as his playing still had a margin of blight, <br>He removed light and played blindly, as a result played perfectly, <br>In time he eventually lost his grip on reality, <br>Numerous birds curiously came and formed an assembly, <br>One bird liked the music dearly and called on the king frequently, <br>The bird sang a melody, which the king found to be a delight, <br>The king complemented the bird and came to learn of its ghostwrite.<br>Then requested the pianist to enter into the limelight, <br>The pianist was promised riches should he accept the invite, <br>Yet he turned it down as he had developed a distaste for light.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Christian+Lacdael">Christian Lacdael</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=355905" data-title="The Pianist de Christian Lacdael" data-description="A young perplexing boy who found comfort in staying out of sight, Had a behaviour that made him the target of cruelty and smite, One day by chance he came upon a piano and came alight, And quite soon gained respect since his music was able to e..."></div> </div> </div>

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