<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=432486" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Preference For Distance</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">It is not that I am controlling.<br>I am self assured.<br>It is not that I 'think' I know everything.<br>I've been made aware of watching my own back.<br>And being accountable for my own actions.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I was extremely young, <br>When I was introduced to independence.<br>Even younger than that...<br>When I discovered I was emotionally alone.<br>You see...<br>I was raised not to be babied.<br>I don't recall being hugged or cuddled.<br>And the young women that I married...<br>Were younger still in their minds.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I guess during those days, <br>We all were trying hard to find roles to play.<br>Somewhere to feel comfortable enough to stay.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It is not that I am controlling.<br>I am self assured.<br>It is not that I 'think' I know everything.<br>I've been made aware of watching my own back.<br>And being accountable for my own actions.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">My tolerance level sometimes is nonexistent.<br>And most times I realize I have a preference for distance.<br>I was not always this way.<br>It developed with a consciousness, <br>That became increasingly disgusted...<br>With the acceptance of deception.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Some may call this 'standoffish' behavior anti-social.<br>I call it surviving a dysfunctional past I care not to revisit.<br>And today...<br>That's all people want to do.<br>Discuss a past as if those times were the best times lived.<br>And I already know those are lies! <br>Why should I live to outdo those who choose to lie?</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=432486" data-title="A Preference For Distance de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="It is not that I am controlling. I am self assured. It is not that I 'think' I know everything. I've been made aware of watching my own back. And being accountable for my own actions. I was extremely young, When I was introduced to independence...."></div> </div> </div>

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