<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=434855" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Duress</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Murdered dreams...<br>An epidemic.<br>Promises slain...<br>To be left, <br>On abandoned doorsteps...<br>Unburied and decayed.<br>The fear of exposing any hope shown, <br>Has been declared a criminal offense.<br>Even if a hint of it is known.<br>Wishes once defined, <br>Has been handcuffed and dispensed.<br>Confined it is and dormant.<br>Leaving visions blurred and unclear! <br>'Where do we go from here? '<br>The people wonder! <br>As they feel their way, <br>Through darkened shadows.<br>A bold showing of faith appears.<br>Yet fear on faces keep faith unembraced.<br>It disappears into emptiness.<br>Replaced it is by a nothingness.<br>It is agonized, <br>Until it has to hide in disguise.<br>Knowing it is suspect.<br>It stresses under duress.<br>Unbelieving the infliction of suspicion.<br>A shallowness is felt.<br>And this they feed and choose! <br>But a search crew has been assigned, <br>To find them! <br>There is 'something' they bring...<br>That will cure manifestations, <br>Nibbling on weakened minds...<br>Addicted to and blinded by poisoned diets!</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=434855" data-title="Duress de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="Murdered dreams... An epidemic. Promises slain... To be left, On abandoned doorsteps... Unburied and decayed. The fear of exposing any hope shown, Has been declared a criminal offense. Even if a hint of it is known. Wishes once defined, Has bee..."></div> </div> </div>

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