<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=432639" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Accustomed To Ignoring Their Own Treasures</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">When I came to give, <br>Hands were closed.<br>And fists were clenched.<br>Prepared what seemed to me to be, <br>Arguments conflicting with my interests.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then when it became discovered, <br>What I came to give...<br>Would be of benefit.<br>Hands surrounded me opened like cups.<br>And those with clenched fists, <br>Were prepared to pat me on the back.<br>As if a lost relative had for them been missed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When I CAME to give, <br>Hands were closed.<br>And fists were clenched.<br>An impression made, <br>I have not forgotten since.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When I CAME to offer, <br>I was immediately dismissed.<br>And NOW...<br>Today? <br>I've learned my worth is too valuable.<br>Too genuine to just give away.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Especially to those, <br>Accustomed to ignoring their own treasures.<br>And suspicious of those, <br>Who have chosen them to give.<br>Prehaps my approached for them was too sincere.<br>Since from them 'then'...<br>I HAD asked for nothing.</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=432639" data-title="Accustomed To Ignoring Their Own Treasures de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="When I came to give, Hands were closed. And fists were clenched. Prepared what seemed to me to be, Arguments conflicting with my interests. Then when it became discovered, What I came to give... Would be of benefit. Hands surrounded me opened ..."></div> </div> </div>

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