<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=382832" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Homeless</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Dry and cold were the bitter winds<br>that crackled the ice on the panes.<br>Dry and cold were the old woman's hands, <br>red and raw from the pains.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Old were these winds that had no end.<br>They surfaced every winter.<br>Old were the hands that were this woman's<br>that felt as if they would splinter.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The winter winds were not welcome<br>for she had no place to go.<br>Looking for shelter from the cold, <br>she welcomed the sight of snow.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">For the snow would blanket the box she was in<br>for a night or two.<br>She stayed inside it for many long hours<br>as if it were an igloo.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">All through the hours she rubbed her hands.<br>Through a slit she looked to view, <br>looking for a slant of sunshine soon<br>but still the cold winds blew.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">This is the plight of the homeless.<br>This is a curse on our lands.<br>They found her dead when the sun finally came<br>with stiff and frozen hands.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Edwina+Reizer">Edwina Reizer</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=382832" data-title="The Homeless de Edwina Reizer" data-description="Dry and cold were the bitter winds that crackled the ice on the panes. Dry and cold were the old woman's hands, red and raw from the pains. Old were these winds that had no end. They surfaced every winter. Old were the hands that were this woman..."></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