<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=436328" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Half Mast Flags</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">What was, <br>Maybe the 'is' we celebrate.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But the 'now' we live, <br>Deserves much more attention...<br>Then we give it! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">To decide that a time that leaves...<br>And greatly taken for granted, <br>In a quick reflected assessment.<br>Has less than an impact than it does.<br>Is a neglect.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Although in ceremonies we respect, <br>There is a praising of ourselves.<br>With impressive feelings aroused.<br>And conducted in a pomp...<br>We circumspect in a masking of opulence.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And consciously under appreciated, <br>Are those moments we share...<br>And currently breathe! <br>There is a disbelief...<br>Too commonly discussed.<br>With a purpose to achieve it.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Displeased about something, <br>That should pleasure.<br>But doesn't measure up, <br>To those high standards...<br>We have allowed to fall down.<br>Stays fixed around our daily movements.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And yet expect, <br>We do...<br>Those half mast flags to flow, <br>In honorable breezes that capture imaginations.<br>As we stand in devoted silence.<br>With donations of lust in our minds to deliver.</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=436328" data-title="Half Mast Flags de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="What was, Maybe the 'is' we celebrate. But the 'now' we live, Deserves much more attention... Then we give it! To decide that a time that leaves... And greatly taken for granted, In a quick reflected assessment. Has less than an impact than ..."></div> </div> </div>

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