<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=387201" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Becomes The Poem!</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">there comes a time...<br>when the artist lays down the brush, <br>when the carpenter lays down the hammer, <br>when the lover walks out the door.<br>when the child turns away<br>from childish things.<br>when the mother steps back, <br>and opens the door.<br>when the old man stomps out<br>the fire with his boots.<br>when the sky falls, <br>and the earth rises.<br>when the poor just will not<br>take it any more.<br>when the sacred reveals<br>itself in a back alley.<br>when the truth steps up<br>and cuts the throat of the lie.<br>when the wind returns<br>from whence it came.<br>when the poet lays down his pen, <br>and becomes the poem!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Eric+Cockrell">Eric Cockrell</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=387201" data-title="Becomes The Poem! de Eric Cockrell" data-description="there comes a time... when the artist lays down the brush, when the carpenter lays down the hammer, when the lover walks out the door. when the child turns away from childish things. when the mother steps back, and opens the door. when the old ..."></div> </div> </div>

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