<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=363258" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Pen In Hand</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I have tried to analyse myself <br>and why I do the things, I do. <br>When I was a kid I wanted to be a policeman, <br>though I had the height, <br>I wasn’t that smart, <br>so as that idea went out the window <br>and no new ideas came along, <br>I decided to become a nobody <br>for what else could I be. <br>I was no good at English, <br>nor any good at maths, <br>I couldn’t even roller skate <br>as I kept falling down. <br>Everything I tried to do <br>I failed miserably, <br>so why did I take up writing, <br>it doesn’t make sense at all. <br>English was my worst subject, <br>so why would I want to write <br>I can’t think of any reason for it. <br>Then came the advent of the Beatles <br>and everyone wanted to be in a group. <br>I couldn’t sing and I couldn’t play <br>an instrument of any sort, <br>but Paul and John wrote songs, <br>and Paul had the same birthday as me. <br>Could it have been an omen? <br>I co-oped a friend into writing a song <br>with the immortal words <br>that if they can do it, why can’t we. <br>He agreed and millionaires <br>we were both going to be. <br>He gave up after our second attempt, <br>but for some reason I carried on. <br>Now forty-five years later <br>I am still trying to figure it out why <br>I would want to take pen in hand. <br>I guess it is something <br>I’ll never understand.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">20 September 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=363258" data-title="Pen In Hand de David Harris" data-description="I have tried to analyse myself and why I do the things, I do. When I was a kid I wanted to be a policeman, though I had the height, I wasn’t that smart, so as that idea went out the window and no new ideas came along, I decided to become ..."></div> </div> </div>

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