<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=437994" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>It Baffles Those Who Believe</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I've transcended, <br>My own perception of greatness.<br>And what that is, <br>And means...<br>To me! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I had attached success, <br>To 'things' and possessions.<br>That eventually collected <br>On them dust specks! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I had danced to receive, <br>Invitations with congradulations.<br>Attended by high profile folks.<br>From various professions... <br>Who sat around and joked, <br>About poor people and how they spoke! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I thought happiness came with good credit.<br>And bank deposits that increased with a breeze.<br>And to answer my doorbell...<br>To find impatient celebrities, <br>Looking just for me! <br>And having spending sprees carefree...<br>In exotic places only the wealthy <br>Could afford to see.<br>But...<br>When I achieved a peace of mind! <br>The kind that found me, <br>Telling others where they could go...<br>After kissing my behind! <br>I knew I had 'arrived'! <br>I knew something inside of me...<br>Was very much prepared to shine.<br>And put aside that drive, <br>To compete with hypocrisy! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I can only describe that as greatness! <br>A clarity that sets one free, <br>And stripped boldly from delusions.<br>Very few can brag they've got that! <br>And it comes without a hint of spotlight wished! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I've got that! <br>Blissfully.<br>And it baffles those who believe, <br>I am standing in the wings...<br>Imaging myself hearing and receiving, <br>Deafening applause! <br>When I am not in awe at all.<br>Not by that ego trapping.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am more shocked...<br>I have lost a pair of matching sox! <br>After laundry I have washed! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I've transcended, <br>My own perception of greatness.<br>And what that is, <br>And means...<br>To me! <br>My peace of mind, <br>I have discovered...<br>Is my treasure!</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=437994" data-title="It Baffles Those Who Believe de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="I've transcended, My own perception of greatness. And what that is, And means... To me! I had attached success, To 'things' and possessions. That eventually collected On them dust specks! I had danced to receive, Invitations with congradu..."></div> </div> </div>

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