<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=411054" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Explorations: III</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The heart summoned me<br>At an impromptu moment<br>And subjected me to<br>Rapid-fire questions<br>That left me utterly <br>Defenceless! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Thus began the interrogation: </div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Why do you lie to yourself? '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I simply stared silently<br>In response...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Why do you make these<br>Desperate attempts<br>To escape from the<br>Pervading reality? '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I had no answer! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I lowered my eyes<br>I'm too proud to admit<br>That that's what<br>Sustains me...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The stubborn heart<br>Was least affected<br>By my silence and went on...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Why do you pretend<br>To be walking on a path<br>Of petals when in reality<br>You nurse your thorn-pricked feet? '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I looked at my feet<br>In open guilt...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Ever since<br>I stand defenceless<br>Facing the trial<br>In camera! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The upright heart<br>Refuses to pronounce me<br>'NOT GUILTY! '</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Indira+Babbellapati">Indira Babbellapati</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=411054" data-title="Explorations: III de Indira Babbellapati" data-description="The heart summoned me At an impromptu moment And subjected me to Rapid-fire questions That left me utterly Defenceless! Thus began the interrogation: 'Why do you lie to yourself? ' I simply stared silently In response... 'Why do you make th..."></div> </div> </div>

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