<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=392378" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Self-Determination</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I will spring the closing trap<br>And jump the disappearing train<br>Shaking loose the dust of time<br>And distortions from my brain</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I will dip my legs and toes<br>In rushing tides of history<br>And in the shallow lakes and pools<br>That hide the deeper mystery</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I will punch a hole of light<br>With my tightly-wound brave fist<br>Through the walls that rise into<br>The hollows of the gathering mist</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I will touch the soft damp soil<br>That once was witness to my birth<br>And pour the vials of sacred oil<br>Upon my father's native earth</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I will place a smooth round stone<br>On my late wife's burial mound<br>And would be more widely known<br>Before I'm scattered on the ground</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I cannot be long constrained<br>By mere shyness of the will<br>It is time for me to write<br>A self-determined codicil</div><div style="margin:10px 0">As the sun touches the east<br>And the storm clouds lift again<br>I resolve to speak my truth<br>With a voice and song unchained.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Frank+Bana">Frank Bana</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=392378" data-title="Self-Determination de Frank Bana" data-description="I will spring the closing trap And jump the disappearing train Shaking loose the dust of time And distortions from my brain I will dip my legs and toes In rushing tides of history And in the shallow lakes and pools That hide the deeper mystery I..."></div> </div> </div>

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