<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=436521" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Historically Speaking</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Why am I 'not' making attempts, <br>To participate locally...<br>With my creative attributes? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Let's see.<br>How best can I respond to that? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I would love to! <br>However...<br>My ancestors used gaslamps, <br>And initiative to light their way! <br>I see no reason to follow in their footsteps.<br>Their activities have historically been implanted.<br>There is nothing they've done, <br>I wish to recreate.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Their sweat has brought me here to do my own thing.<br>And when 'my' reach is circumvented by my own folks, <br>Insisting I do a Step n' Fetchit...<br>To identify my loyalty to my ethnicness? <br>Well...<br>There is a misunderstanding going on.<br>Plus, <br>Identities are not as enriched as they should be.<br>And...<br>Historically speaking and from my perspective, <br>I wish I had another lifetime to give! <br>But I don't.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So I will not be retreading the traced steps, <br>Of those I know who have been trailblazers.<br>I have been blessed to do that on my own.<br>In my way.<br>And in my time!</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=436521" data-title="Historically Speaking de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="Why am I 'not' making attempts, To participate locally... With my creative attributes? Let's see. How best can I respond to that? I would love to! However... My ancestors used gaslamps, And initiative to light their way! I see no reason to..."></div> </div> </div>

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