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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=397678" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Because I do not wish to hope again</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Because I do not wish to hope again, <br>to like an eagle spread my wings, <br>because I do not wish to gain<br>experience and to learn new things</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and do not wish to soar up against the blue sky, <br>wondering what lies <br>beyond the scope of the vision of an eye<br>and with time in me all hope dies</div><div style="margin:10px 0">why should I be afraid <br>when the darkness closes in, <br>when destiny has knotted my life in its braid<br>and I do not know what comes with the new morning? </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>II</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Because am not the man I used to be<br>and the things of my youth now is of no interest<br>with age taking effect of my body<br>drawing me closer to the place of eternal rest</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and on the other side of the beyond<br>there’s only darkness that I see<br>and to this ageing body I am bound with life’s bond<br>that is slowly leaving me</div><div style="margin:10px 0">when the reality of life in death makes me aware<br>that life is only transitory, <br>that destiny has its impact everywhere<br>then as a tired man I still lift my eye to God in His glory.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>III</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Because the moments of tranquillity<br>have left me as if they have never been<br>and I am now enfolded in fragility<br>as if my eyes have never seen</div><div style="margin:10px 0">the greatness beaconing on the other side of the beyond<br>as if no word or deed from me will last into eternity<br>as if no beauty, greatness I have found<br>or left a mark of my integrity or sincerity</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I wonder what the reason for living is, <br>have difficulty to comprehend<br>what life holds <br>what pain, fear, joy and bliss<br>brings before the last of my life is spent? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">IV</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Because I know that time is running out, <br>that even a newborn child is bound to destiny<br>and it feels as if it’s no use to beg, pray or shout<br>as every single human being is covered in iniquity</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am left to pray to God for His mercy<br>and ask Him to let me forget the dreams, the plans and hope<br>that was once mine, and every single fallacy<br>that as a human being once did envelop</div><div style="margin:10px 0">my mind, my heart and when His righteous judgement falls<br>may it be lenient as there is no way to live again<br>and deeds and words well meant become spent when death calls<br>as every human being is destined to walk the darkening plain</div><div style="margin:10px 0">	l’Envoi<br>to at an allotted time expected or unexpected depart from life<br>and even from the time of birth<br>the seeds of disaster and strive<br>are build into every human being living on this earth</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and therefore I pray to meet You Lord<br>to experience the depth of your love<br>as is promised in Your eternal word<br>lifting my eyes to You who reign from above.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>[Reference: Ash-Wednesday: I. “Because I do not hope to turn again” by T. S. Eliot.]</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Gert+Strydom">Gert Strydom</a><div class=q>
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Because I do not wish to hope again, 
to like an eagle spread my wings, 
because I do not wish to gain
experience and to learn new things

and do not wish to soar up against the blue sky, 
wondering what lies 
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