<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=358265" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>I Am</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am a tree, <br>Amongst many, <br>Growing in the backwoods, <br>As a person lost in a world of millions-<br>I stand proudly, and<br>Strong against the wind, <br>Bearing flowers in the spring and<br>Leaves, so green in the summertime…<br>In the autumn my foliage<br>Transforms to oranges, reds and browns an then fall, <br>Leaving me barren in the wintertime, <br>The storms that arrive so unexpectedly, I fear-<br>And even more so, <br>The forest fires that rage and that I have no power to stop-<br>Losing my branches, when lightening strikes I fear, <br>Or losing myself in an upsurge of flames-<br>I never know when my life could end, <br>Or when I would become none but a<br>Pile of sticks or logs<br>To which someone could light a match-<br>I am a tree, amongst many, <br>Though in some ways stronger than the others, <br>I am a special one, bearing flowers of a different color and<br>Branches that appear thinner and weaker<br>Than surrounding trees, <br>Though mine have yet to fall-<br>Someday a hurricane shall sweep through the forest and<br>Every tree shall be fallen to the wind-<br>Though I shall remain standing alone-<br>Fires may burn and storms shall come and go-<br>But my greatest fear is that<br>I shall never grow tall and scrape the magnificent blue sky, <br>Where angels sing and stars scintillate, and<br>That glorious sunrises and sets-<br>So much like those people who are angry and are<br>Always in the darkness-<br>It hurts sometimes to be special, even though unique-<br>As everyone fears those that are different-<br>Even if one is none but a tree, for<br>A tree that is different could be harmful and inevitably-<br>Someone will cut you down- and the flowers that once adorned you<br>Shall perish and be forgotten…</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=358265" data-title="I Am de Claudia Krizay" data-description="I am a tree, Amongst many, Growing in the backwoods, As a person lost in a world of millions- I stand proudly, and Strong against the wind, Bearing flowers in the spring and Leaves, so green in the summertime… In the autumn my foliage Transf..."></div> </div> </div>

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