<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367655" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Great Genius</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The great genius closed his eyes<br>And his mind poured out of his body<br>And he was one with the sun, <br>The moon and the stars...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Across the void his mind explored<br>And suddenly he heard a voice...<br>'Who are you? <br>I know you are out there.<br>Tell me about yourself...'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The great genius introduced himself, <br>Told of his achievements, his inventions, <br>Told of the awards that he'd won <br>And that he now sought a better home, <br>Saying Earth no longer needed him...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The voice explained, that he must stay, <br>That he must help others to improve, <br>For all life dies and needs nurturing<br>Before the end comes to one and all...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The great genius explained Mankind, <br>Saying it was slow and obstinate, <br>Both good and bad, wise and foolish<br>And he longed for separation...<br>Perhaps to a higher plane of existence.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Please stay where you are, dear friend...'<br>Replied the voice. 'Please persevere...<br>The wise do not forsake the foolish, <br>They beseech the Creator to help, <br>For what is life without love for others? '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then the great genius sighed and agreed.<br>He bid the voice farewell and returned...<br>Way back across the darkness of the void, <br>Way back to the sun, the moon and the stars, <br>Back to the home world and to his own home.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And the voice was asked by his companions, <br>Of what had just happened a little while ago<br>And the voice chuckled to himself and said, <br>'It's OK, I've stopped another one...'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Denis+Martindale">Denis Martindale</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=367655" data-title="The Great Genius de Denis Martindale" data-description="The great genius closed his eyes And his mind poured out of his body And he was one with the sun, The moon and the stars... Across the void his mind explored And suddenly he heard a voice... 'Who are you? I know you are out there. Tell me about..."></div> </div> </div>

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