<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=366555" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Long Way Home</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Tiny squeaks from the snow<br>As if I’d stepped <br>upon a mouse</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The temperature hovers at zero<br>A walk sounded nice…<br>Before I left the house</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I gave it thought<br>For about a moment<br>Trying to decide…yes or no</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But a long look <br>out the window<br>made me bundle up and go</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The bare limbs and sere winds<br>Beckoned me deep<br>into the woods</div><div style="margin:10px 0">While the piquant prickle <br>Of pins and needles<br>Bade me snugly pull up my hood</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I thought only to take<br>A short brisk <br>Moonlight walkabout</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But the blue of the moon<br>Highlighting crystals of snow<br>Gave me pause as to why I was out</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I embraced the cold, kissed the wind, <br>Held the moon… and felt the snow<br>As my own</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I inhaled deeply of the winter<br>Looked back at my warm abode<br>And decided instead…to take</div><div style="margin:10px 0">…the long way home…</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=David+Whalen">David Whalen</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=366555" data-title="The Long Way Home de David Whalen" data-description="Tiny squeaks from the snow As if I’d stepped upon a mouse The temperature hovers at zero A walk sounded nice… Before I left the house I gave it thought For about a moment Trying to decide…yes or no But a long look out the window made me..."></div> </div> </div>

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