<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=434491" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Direct and Selective</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I had been reprimanded, <br>When I spoke of my love.<br>When I exposed my love.<br>When I stripped bare with it! <br>And offered to take them to heights, <br>Of ecstasy.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I wanted to express...<br>A closeness only I wanted, <br>Them to feel from me.<br>Wishing this to never end.<br>I thought I had discovered...<br>Something cherished and valued within.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And today...<br>When I am cordial with my greetings.<br>Firm with a handshake and no hug at all...<br>I hear the whispers saying, <br>'Why does he 'think' he is so much better, <br>Than the rest of us? <br>Who does he believe he is? '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And overhearing this...<br>I from them feel, <br>Even more distanced.<br>I never sought to find 'who' it is I AM.<br>THAT I am 'always' willing to share.<br>But I've learned to become more...<br>Direct and selective!</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=434491" data-title="Direct and Selective de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="I had been reprimanded, When I spoke of my love. When I exposed my love. When I stripped bare with it! And offered to take them to heights, Of ecstasy. I wanted to express... A closeness only I wanted, Them to feel from me. Wishing this to ne..."></div> </div> </div>

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