<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=438145" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>It Takes An Absence</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">It takes an absence felt, <br>For many people to realize...<br>What and who in their lives, <br>Had provided them with a significance.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It takes an absence for an awakening to occur, <br>To stir up priorities with a reviewing...<br>Of what had topped their most wished list.<br>With a doing when one finally gets around to it.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It takes an absence missed with a remorse that sits, <br>For the ones who had been taken for granted...<br>Now 'suddenly' appreciated for their contributions made.<br>Those who never mentioned, <br>Requests to receive an attention to them given.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And it takes an absence with attempts to replace, <br>A void that appears one no longer can face...<br>To fill a vacuum that had been once shared and enjoyed, <br>By those who frequently were thought to have annoyed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yes an absence teaches those lessons learned, <br>Thought by some to be preached when comments made...<br>Were believed to leave some ears to burn.<br>To remind the receiver what they have sometimes was given, <br>And not by them earned as believed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It takes an absence missed when reminiscing...<br>Those perceived could be easily dismissed.<br>And absences that are often missed, <br>Are those wished could be returned with more thoughtfulness!</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=438145" data-title="It Takes An Absence de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="It takes an absence felt, For many people to realize... What and who in their lives, Had provided them with a significance. It takes an absence for an awakening to occur, To stir up priorities with a reviewing... Of what had topped their most ..."></div> </div> </div>

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