<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=358230" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Denial</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">My plight isn’t what you think or<br>What you care to believe-<br>Just as cherry trees do not blossom in<br>The month of January or<br>You cannot dance in the midst of fire, and not get burned-<br>Your high hopes for me became<br>Shattered dreams- only because<br>You did not care to see the truth –<br>I know it hurt you to believe<br>I could not build mountains of success, as<br>From the time I could speak, <br>Aspirations were extreme-<br>From the moment I learned to walk-<br>You envisioned me running marathons-<br>I tripped and fell so many times, hills were insurmountable, <br>I tried to rise to every occasion and<br>To rebuild collapsed foundations-<br>The pain of constant failure evoked<br>None but anger, dismay and turbulent moments-<br>You never realized that every time I danced in <br>The midst of my own fire, I was burned and<br>How I would have so desired to see<br>Spring flowers blossoming in the mid winter-<br>It was not my choice to falter in every step I took or<br>To fear climbing a mountain no matter how high or low-<br>The voices I heard when no one was speaking-<br>You did not hear and to the depths of my fear<br>You looked the other way-<br>My life isn’t the way you think or<br>What you care to believe-<br>I weep tears of frustration every single day-<br>My spirit knows and I feel inside of my heart-<br>That the reason you had so many dreams for my renowned success<br>Were not out of abhorrence – I being your one and only child-<br>I can see through the darkness of my window of pain-<br>All of the hopes and dreams you had for me were<br>Just out of love, and there is no shame in wishing for <br>Flowers to blossom in the midst of winter-</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Claudia+Krizay">Claudia Krizay</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=358230" data-title="Denial de Claudia Krizay" data-description="My plight isn’t what you think or What you care to believe- Just as cherry trees do not blossom in The month of January or You cannot dance in the midst of fire, and not get burned- Your high hopes for me became Shattered dreams- only because Yo..."></div> </div> </div>

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