<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=361336" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Few Minutes To Spare</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Sometimes when I am out <br>someone will stop and talk to me <br>hoping I can spare <br>a few minutes of my time. <br>They tell me their life story, <br>how long they were married, <br>where they were wed, <br>how many children that they have <br>and where they are all gone, <br>mainly to different countries <br>so very far away. <br>You know by that <br>they are lonely <br>with no one to pass the time of day <br>except to talk to strangers <br>hoping they can spare a few minutes <br>of their time to talk to someone lonely <br>within their busy day. <br>It does not cost any money <br>to listen once and a while <br>to a lonely stranger <br>who needs to feel someone cares. <br>I stop whenever I can <br>because I would like to think <br>someone would do it for me <br>if I were in the same position.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">10 October 2009</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Author’s note: <br>This poem was inspired by and elderly lady I took the time to talk to while I was in Stratford earlier this year. I spared her those few minutes and cheered her up a bit.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=David+Harris">David Harris</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=361336" data-title="A Few Minutes To Spare de David Harris" data-description="Sometimes when I am out someone will stop and talk to me hoping I can spare a few minutes of my time. They tell me their life story, how long they were married, where they were wed, how many children that they have and where they are all g..."></div> </div> </div>

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