<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=398667" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Leaves</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I had never thought<br>that I would meet artisans<br>living on the street.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I found a welder, mechanic, <br>a jack-of-all-trades<br>and master of many and some<br>and even an electrician or two</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and with my degree<br>couldn’t get a contract<br>and neither could they</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and destiny shatters lives, <br>letting people blow around<br>like autumn leaves<br>being discarded by society</div><div style="margin:10px 0">as work had been reserved, <br>not by merit, qualifications or experience<br>but by the colour of skin<br>and affirmative action<br>they call the demon<br>(the new in thing) <br>that has been released</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and I wonder if God<br>hears the sad songs<br>flowing from guitars, <br>falling like leaves<br>in tragic melodies<br>and if ever a new tomorrow<br>would rise for the oppressed<br>and if ever they will be blessed? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[Reference: Leaves by Lisa Zaran.]</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> <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=398667" data-title="Leaves de Gert Strydom" data-description="I had never thought that I would meet artisans living on the street. I found a welder, mechanic, a jack-of-all-trades and master of many and some and even an electrician or two and with my degree couldn’t get a contract and neither could they..."></div> </div> </div>

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