<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=388195" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Just Before Dawn....</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">i've been too long in the valley of death, <br>too long in the prisons, too long at the wheel.<br>too close to the blade, too far from the fire, <br>too long defined by lonliness and grief.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">they say there's a wind, <br>that comes from a forbidden place.<br>that strips leaves from the trees, <br>and causes mountains to shudder.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">they say there's a god, <br>whose name we cant say.<br>who walks naked in the instant, <br>just before dawn.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and they say there's a lover, <br>who smells like me.<br>who tastes like my hunger, <br>whose voice i know.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">yes, and they say there's a time, <br>when the wars will cease.<br>when the hungry will be fed, <br>and someone will care.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and i pray there's a hand, <br>and eyes that shine...<br>that darkness will undress me, <br>and name the light! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">that small kindnesses will turn, <br>the ancient potter's wheel.<br>and make me a cup, <br>held close by your heart.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">if i dance tonight beneath trees that weep, <br>know that tomorrow i'll burn, <br>know that my lips wait still...<br>know that i am alive... </div><div style="margin:10px 0">as words fall like leaves...<br>the cross i lay down, <br>is but a shovel, but a pen...<br>the page i write upon...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">you, simply you!</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=388195" data-title="Just Before Dawn.... de Eric Cockrell" data-description="i've been too long in the valley of death, too long in the prisons, too long at the wheel. too close to the blade, too far from the fire, too long defined by lonliness and grief. they say there's a wind, that comes from a forbidden place. that..."></div> </div> </div>

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