<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=361569" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Tramp On The Street</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The snowflakes fell <br>like white feathers from heaven <br>leaving a white blanket on the ground. <br>He trudged through the lonely streets <br>with nowhere to go. <br>A tramp on the street <br>with only rags to cover his feet, <br>trying to find a place to sleep <br>and rest his weary bones.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He passed a frozen river, <br>it made his cold body shiver <br>for he could see a pair of hand raise up held <br>and hear a small voice as it yelled. <br>Without a moment hesitation, <br>though barely nothing on his feet <br>he started to walk <br>across the sharp iced water <br>even though the wind fiercely blew.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He had to reach the child <br>that had fallen through. <br>He moved as fast as he could <br>although he was almost crippled. <br>Reaching down he plucked the child <br>from the dark waters cold <br>as the wind blew fierce and wild. <br>He moved slowly to the shore <br>as a silent rain began to pour.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Finding shelter beneath some trees <br>covered the child in what <br>dry clothes he had. <br>He forgot about his feet that hurt <br>as he covers the child <br>with his ragged coat and shirt. <br>He made sure the child was warm <br>before he laid himself to rest. <br>The child later awoke to find <br>the tramp stiff and blue <br>within his snowy bed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">There is no moral to this story <br>of why one ill treated by society <br>would willingly forfit his life <br>so that an unknown child would live. <br>We can only ponder on the thoughts <br>that went through his head <br>as he laid himself down to sleep <br>on that snowy bed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>12 January 2008</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=361569" data-title="A Tramp On The Street de David Harris" data-description="The snowflakes fell like white feathers from heaven leaving a white blanket on the ground. He trudged through the lonely streets with nowhere to go. A tramp on the street with only rags to cover his feet, trying to find a place to sleep an..."></div> </div> </div>

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