<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=387954" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>I Am.... (The Branch)</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">i am...<br>the branch that bears no leaves, <br>my grandfathers were trees of old.<br>i am the axe and the chopping block, <br>the shell of the ancient turtle.<br>i am the brook, and the setting sun, <br>i am the mockingbird's lover.<br>i am the moccasin sure as the path, <br>the chatter of squirrels, the empty nest.<br>i am the plant hungrily gulping rain, <br>i am the place the cloud came from.<br>i am the holy reverence of night, <br>i am the tomb left empty.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">i am...<br>the clock, the breast, the curve of the thigh, <br>the heat that comes from within.<br>i am the hate undressed by loving hands, <br>the eyes compassion restored.<br>i am the dead and dying, <br>the helpless, and the lost, <br>the spirit shunned by religion.<br>i am the ear that hears, <br>the heart that beats...<br>and shelter from the storm...<br>i am the bridge that leads away<br>from the curse of condemnation!</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=387954" data-title="I Am.... (The Branch) de Eric Cockrell" data-description="i am... the branch that bears no leaves, my grandfathers were trees of old. i am the axe and the chopping block, the shell of the ancient turtle. i am the brook, and the setting sun, i am the mockingbird's lover. i am the moccasin sure as the p..."></div> </div> </div>

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