<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=414499" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Reprieved</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">How strange it is to be pain free<br> after long years of misery. <br>A life confined to my wheelchair<br> I found was difficult to bear.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I tried to bear it patiently<br> and clung to one hope stubbornly<br>That they would find a cure for me<br> and once again I would be free.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">To live quite independently.<br>Take control of my destiny<br> To come and go just as I pleased, <br> from my paralysis released.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Freedom took me by surprise.<br>It took a while to realise<br> that I was free completely free<br> no longer tied to my body.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I had not thought of death as kind<br>. I can see now that I was blind<br>Death turned the key to set me free<br> and I rejoice exultantly.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I’ve left a hollow shell behind.<br>I spread my wings and go to find<br>those that I loved who’ve gone before.<br>I do not think I’d ask for more.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">17-Oct-07</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ivor+Or+Ivor.e+Hogg">Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg</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=414499" data-title="Reprieved de Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg" data-description="How strange it is to be pain free after long years of misery. A life confined to my wheelchair I found was difficult to bear. I tried to bear it patiently and clung to one hope stubbornly That they would find a cure for me and once again I w..."></div> </div> </div>

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