<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=365850" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Sink Or Swim</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The sea of storms came in<br>To batter our barley coast, <br>I was determined to sink or swim, <br>You to be drowned, and lost.<br>The lightning struck at our moorings, <br>The thunder silenced our needs, <br>The wind howled out our candles<br>And darkness caught at our creed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But he was tossed in the fury, <br>Our love, our darling boy, <br>He clung to the drifting flotsam, <br>He clung to the well-loved toy.<br>One minute in every moment<br>Is lost to the best of men, <br>One moment of rage and anger<br>Cost me my lovely son.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The years went by in a whisper<br>A whisper of wind, and gone, <br>One moment, stark with lightning<br>Remains, while the stars shine on.<br>We touched for a parting moment, <br>We caught, touched fingers then leapt<br>Each to our storm forever; <br>- I reached for my son, and wept.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">23 December 1987</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=David+Lewis+Paget">David Lewis Paget</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=365850" data-title="Sink Or Swim de David Lewis Paget" data-description="The sea of storms came in To batter our barley coast, I was determined to sink or swim, You to be drowned, and lost. The lightning struck at our moorings, The thunder silenced our needs, The wind howled out our candles And darkness caught at o..."></div> </div> </div>

solid border dashed border dotted border double border groove border ridge border inset border outset border no border blue green red purple cyan gold silver black