<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=434880" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Earned Happiness</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">From the day we first met, <br>I offered no pretense.<br>No attempts did I try, <br>To make for you a good first impression.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I learned very early in life, <br>To be 'me' without adornments.<br>And if that was not acceptable...<br>A connection was not meant! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">From the day we first met, <br>I discussed with you my interests.<br>And they haven't changed from what they were.<br>They are the same today as is preferred.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But somehow you believe, <br>I have been deceiving.<br>When it has been you all this time...<br>Wasting mine playing hide and seek.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Somehow you believe, <br>I have been deceiving...<br>When all that I am, <br>Has been a public acknowledgement.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And that is why I live my life, <br>Free to be me.<br>With flaws and all to be addressed.<br>Leaving little to interfere with my earned happiness.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Hey...<br>To declare oneself to be free, <br>Is all the freedom one needs to experience it.</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=434880" data-title="Earned Happiness de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="From the day we first met, I offered no pretense. No attempts did I try, To make for you a good first impression. I learned very early in life, To be 'me' without adornments. And if that was not acceptable... A connection was not meant! From..."></div> </div> </div>

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