<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=433376" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Blessed to Comprehend a Life Complexed</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Perhaps it is the maturing, <br>That takes hold.<br>A realization that a next phase nears.<br>I have no lapses in time...<br>To fill or fear I could have had something now <br>I wish was mine.<br>More time to express my thankfulness, <br>That is all I now endear.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">To say I feel complete, <br>With a wholesomeness that is sweet.<br>Would not be delusional.<br>There were odds placed against me...<br>That had me seeking my own defeat! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Perhaps it is the enduring, <br>Of picking myself up...<br>From gutters I caressed.<br>Doing my best to pretend, <br>I was not duressed<br>With a stress I can now confess, <br>That tested.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">To spend a life in public view, <br>To preview my sentiments with criticisms...<br>Is not what I would recommend.<br>Being 'all that' when 'that' is not felt...<br>Can deepen a regret that does not end.<br>That can easily detach, <br>A mind that never comes back! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am blessed to comprehend a life complexed.<br>Choosing to overview my struggles, <br>With a happiness.<br>And being able to say this, <br>With words that come to share with some.<br>Is a freeing experience, <br>A therapist could not to me bring! <br>Just to say I am grateful each day...<br>Delivers such a joyous, wondrous happening!</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=433376" data-title="Blessed to Comprehend a Life Complexed de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="Perhaps it is the maturing, That takes hold. A realization that a next phase nears. I have no lapses in time... To fill or fear I could have had something now I wish was mine. More time to express my thankfulness, That is all I now endear. To ..."></div> </div> </div>

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