<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=433447" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Bouts With Hard Knocks</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I wish I did awaken to become intelligent and wise.<br>As if a crawling on my knees and facing emotional turmoil, <br>Would have been prevented.<br>And those experiences did not attached themselves, <br>To a mind in a head addicted to hitting against walls.<br>Or fists hitting up against bricks, <br>And having bouts with hard knocks.<br>If 'only' I knew I was intelligent and wise, <br>My life would have been a lot easier.<br>And I would not have been left so scarred...<br>Damaged and a bit bruised, <br>But on the road to recovery with patience and years...<br>Under my belt.<br>Or in my head! <br>Wherever that patience I keep treasured is.</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=433447" data-title="Bouts With Hard Knocks de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="I wish I did awaken to become intelligent and wise. As if a crawling on my knees and facing emotional turmoil, Would have been prevented. And those experiences did not attached themselves, To a mind in a head addicted to hitting against walls. O..."></div> </div> </div>

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