<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=431302" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Circle</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">From parent and child<br>to friend to child to parent.<br>I've grown and reflecting back.<br>The circle is clear to me. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">As a child looking up to them.<br>Then eye to eye<br>with the coming of age.<br>Still I looked up to them. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Many the role my parents played<br>guiding my course through life.<br>Their status with me<br>changing as older I grew.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Entering the world of adults<br>leaving adolescence behind.<br>Friends confidants <br>and equals they became. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">When times my needs demanded<br>support direction advice.<br>Always they were there.<br>On my parents I could rely. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Taking my place as a parent.<br>Their wisdom a well I drew from.<br>Their strength<br>became a staff I leaned on. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">One day to me <br>it was suddenly clear.<br>My path through life<br>followed the footprints they left. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">When came the time<br>in their autumn years. <br>For safe haven they looked to me. <br>Their obligations I realized fulfilled. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">It was for me now the time<br>to carry that load <br>they had gladly borne. <br>The circle had come full turn.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Kurt+Hearth">Kurt Hearth</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=431302" data-title="The Circle de Kurt Hearth" data-description="From parent and child to friend to child to parent. I've grown and reflecting back. The circle is clear to me. As a child looking up to them. Then eye to eye with the coming of age. Still I looked up to them. Many the role my parents played gu..."></div> </div> </div>

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