<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=432324" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>I feel like I've been robbed!</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">We've both made choices.<br>Not once did I question<br>Those you made.<br>I never compared your way of life...<br>Or whether you lived it right or wrong.<br>Or to how many charities you gave, <br>If any.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I did, <br>However...<br>Discovered you felt uncomfortable, <br>That I had felt at ease.<br>Knowing I had no exorbitant mortgage.<br>Or neighbors to keep up with to please.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Or that my basic life involved having no car to drive.<br>I enjoy all types of people.<br>But I am not one to wine and dine, <br>Or constantly socialize.<br>I had admired that about you.<br>You loved what you did and I did too! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But today, <br>You seem critical of the life I've made.<br>The only thing that has changed...<br>Is my age.<br>I've never been into 'things'<br>That could come and go away.<br>Or try to hold onto pretensions...<br>To show even though they fade.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">What you valued is gone and did not stay.<br>And why that angers you...<br>Is between you and your 'beliefs'.<br>Don't try to hold that against me.<br>Wasn't it you who once said...<br>I was delusional and feared reality instead? <br>Well...<br>I am living in my 'reality'! <br>What have you found so upsetting about yours? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Oh...<br>Was it those things that made it more realistic? <br>Giving you more of a sense of self worth? <br>But why is it you feel that way now? <br>When I still have less 'things' than you! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">'I don't have a car or a home anymore.<br>And last week I was laid off my job! <br>My 401k is worthless.<br>And I feel like I've been robbed! '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Gee.<br>That's too bad.<br>And all this time, <br>I've been feeling blessed.<br>And that's real odd! <br>Because I don't, <br>Right now...<br>Have a penny in my pocket! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And there you are...<br>Faithless!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lawrence+S.+Pertillar">Lawrence S. Pertillar</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=432324" data-title="I feel like I've been robbed! de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="We've both made choices. Not once did I question Those you made. I never compared your way of life... Or whether you lived it right or wrong. Or to how many charities you gave, If any. I did, However... Discovered you felt uncomfortable, That ..."></div> </div> </div>

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