<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=362387" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Forty-Two Years</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">From a distant land I came <br>over an ocean that stretch out. <br>Relatives at the airport greeted me, <br>their arms stretched out with love. <br>Years disappeared beneath our feet. <br>Then like a magic carpet, <br>we were transported to a reunion. <br>On air we seemed to walk, <br>years vanished in moments of handshakes, <br>each face, that of a stranger, now family. <br>With each new, face recognition of an older past, <br>something to build on for years to come.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">22 August 2001</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Author’s Note: <br>This poem was written on my Aunt’s back porch on my first visit to Canada after 42 years.<br>DVH.</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=362387" data-title="Forty-Two Years de David Harris" data-description="From a distant land I came over an ocean that stretch out. Relatives at the airport greeted me, their arms stretched out with love. Years disappeared beneath our feet. Then like a magic carpet, we were transported to a reunion. On air we se..."></div> </div> </div>

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