<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=358381" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The World Outside My WIndow</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">There exists a big world outside-<br>It rained last night. - Puddles of water reflect the sun rising from<br>Behind cumulus clouds- A break in the storm-<br>A cease-fire of the thunder- Lightening strikes my heart with its<br>Unyielding pain and untamed rage-<br>I am locked inside a world of my own-<br>I bravely step over the threshold that <br>Defines my madness- hoping for a <br>Break in the clouds and for the sun to shed some light<br>Upon the darkness that consumes me- People are talking-<br>Inside my mind without interruption-<br>If I were to sing, it would be an elegy-<br>Leave no flowers to adorn my gravesite-<br>In this war I fight from day to day<br>Out in the world beyond my front doorstep<br>An army of three billion soldiers has been declared the enemy-<br>I am the victim- safety has evaded me- Locked inside the firing zone-<br>I am captive of intruders who wish to harm me-<br>Inside my mind, people are dressed to kill.<br>If I could swim an ocean towards safety, <br>An island of serenity- I would most likely drown before<br>I reached the shore of my destiny.<br>Lightening shall brighten skies blackened with terror, <br>Though only for a brief moment and then<br>I am locked back inside that penitentiary of despair-<br>Inside my mind voices scream and tell me that<br>They want me dead and if I believed they <br>Could hear me singing that elegy and were to come to life, <br>They would leave a bouquet of roses upon my gravesite –<br>Yellow roses as had grown in my deceased father’s garden-<br>It rained last night- it is raining now and tomorrow, <br>Is another day- it is summer and leaves on the trees are greener and<br>Grasses grow high-I can see from my picture window-<br>This big world exists outside my front door.<br>I sing my elegy and hold on to that bouquet of yellow roses-<br>They bring back so many fond memories and I weep as I <br>Await another lightening bold to give me- if none but a split second of<br>Brightens to guide me, as I once more attempt to swim that ocean towards<br>My destiny, although the rain just keeps on falling-</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=358381" data-title="The World Outside My WIndow de Claudia Krizay" data-description="There exists a big world outside- It rained last night. - Puddles of water reflect the sun rising from Behind cumulus clouds- A break in the storm- A cease-fire of the thunder- Lightening strikes my heart with its Unyielding pain and untamed rage-..."></div> </div> </div>

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