<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=437762" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Increased Crescendo</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The 'ifs' have passed...<br>As some from the 'old school'<br>Hold memory contests in bravado! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Remaining stifled, unproductive<br>And bonding into stupors of delusion...<br>They are in harmony and greet themselves, <br>As pioneers of some lost mission they survived.<br>Neighborhood jive, small talk and booze<br>Can do that! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I chose to take a nose dive...<br>And plunged myself right into the unknown.<br>With my faith in tow! <br>I discovered how to do that...<br>After riding along with my grandmother, <br>Who had recently gotten her driver's license<br>AND a new car! <br>I was stunned by both revelations.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Buckled in and scared for my life! <br>She sang hymns and loved to speed! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">My grandmother taught me many lessons, <br>In a unique and adventurous ways! <br>She taught me how to deal with challenges...<br>And the myths of 'ifs'! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Once I was determined...<br>Not to bury myself<br>With each heartbreak.<br>Each emotional slam dunk.<br>Each stumble into and away from<br>A failed attempt I made...<br>Receiving rejection and disapproving looks! <br>My grandmama taught me, <br>With prayer there is fast action! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">'As long as you keep your foot to the pedal, <br>You can do whatever you want! <br>With faith and prayer...<br>You will learn how to pass obstacles! <br>Honk your horn... <br>If anybody dares to get in you way.<br>And keep it clean and legal! <br>Just don't get hit by oncoming traffic! '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Of course I knew what grandma meant! <br>And I was glad she never had one accident, <br>OR a ticket! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And the 'ifs' have long passed.<br>That has been validated for me! <br>On several of grandma's trips! <br>And as I look out the window on some days...<br>Reviewing my journeys on grandma's drives, <br>I can still see the blurring country side<br>Whiz by<br>As grandma drove... <br>And I was frozen to the car door, <br>Listening to her sing in increased crescendo! <br>Knowing I was safe, <br>Whatever the decision I chose. <br>Whenever I chose to do 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=437762" data-title="Increased Crescendo de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="The 'ifs' have passed... As some from the 'old school' Hold memory contests in bravado! Remaining stifled, unproductive And bonding into stupors of delusion... They are in harmony and greet themselves, As pioneers of some lost mission they surv..."></div> </div> </div>

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