<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=384840" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The old man and his stone</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">an old man<br>seated alone <br>on his stone bench<br>invited me<br>almost invisible<br>gesticulating with his hand<br>sit down beside me</div><div style="margin:10px 0">we did not say a word<br>together we just heard<br>nothing but our silence</div><div style="margin:10px 0">he invited me<br>to take a look in his garden<br>he took me by my hand<br>guiding me <br>through the open gate</div><div style="margin:10px 0">he gave me a grand tour<br>in his Japanese paradise</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and wanted to know<br>if I would be able<br>to show him<br>that spot<br>he was searching for<br>all his life<br>so he could also see<br>all the larger stones<br>at once</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I'll wait <br>and watch you</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I stood<br>I sat down<br>I climbed a tree<br>while being up there<br>I could see<br>a smile on his face <br>expressing understanding grace </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I walked around<br>accompanied<br>by the sound<br>of crackling shelves</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I can count endlessly<br>maybe even further </div><div style="margin:10px 0">In that serene garden<br>I could not find the spot<br>that place where I could see<br>all his stones<br>although I learned<br>during that search<br>there were fifteen different larger stones</div><div style="margin:10px 0">that unknown space<br>where I see and count <br>the old man's 15th stone </div><div style="margin:10px 0">there I was on my own<br>still searching </div><div style="margin:10px 0">it was late<br>at last I returned<br>sat down beside the old man<br>on the other stone bench</div><div style="margin:10px 0">he offered me his silence<br>and told me with his eyes<br>that a man or a woman<br>is wise<br>when admitting<br>accepting<br>a simple fact</div><div style="margin:10px 0">you can see <br>you can count<br> all the stones<br>not at once<br>not on your own</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>©Ellie Daphne van Stralen 2012</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ellie+Daphne+van+Stralen">Ellie Daphne van Stralen</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=384840" data-title="The old man and his stone de Ellie Daphne van Stralen" data-description="an old man seated alone on his stone bench invited me almost invisible gesticulating with his hand sit down beside me we did not say a word together we just heard nothing but our silence he invited me to take a look in his garden he took me by ..."></div> </div> </div>

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