<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=438931" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Long Stopped Popping Eyes</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Where are those 'things'<br>You retrieved to show others, <br>You were better than me.<br>Where is that façade paraded, <br>Inflated to flaunt my deficiencies.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I have been forced to be 'me' myself.<br>Relying on nothing and no one else.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But there is a comfort from you missing.<br>An emptiness witnessed! <br>And apparently has left you wishing.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Where is that pride and self confidence you wore? <br>Where is that pulchritude with attitude, <br>You boasted proudly about...<br>And no one dared ignore.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Where do you disappear to let your tears flow? <br>Where do you now go...<br>To hide you guilt and sorrow? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Tomorrow will and always has looked brighter for me.<br>Will you ever seek truth and daylight? <br>Or do you sulk in shadows, <br>To await an opportunity to express a false identity.<br>Clearly finding no place to adjust for these times.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And deceivers retreating to regroup or unmask...<br>Speak from both sides of their mouths.<br>And these tasks are fading fast! <br>Where will you go to exploit your visions...<br>When that outlook you have, <br>Many see for them those outlooks from the past<br>Need to be released and from them trashed! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Where are those 'things'<br>You retrieved to show others, <br>You were better than me.<br>Where is that façade paraded, <br>Inflated to flaunt my deficiencies.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Are you preparing in darkness, <br>To spark renewed flaws? <br>Those shock and awe days that once amazed...<br>Have long stopped popping eyes, <br>And dropping jaws! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And you ought to know and be aware, <br>As you prepare any reappearance.<br>Be current!</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=438931" data-title="Long Stopped Popping Eyes de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="Where are those 'things' You retrieved to show others, You were better than me. Where is that façade paraded, Inflated to flaunt my deficiencies. I have been forced to be 'me' myself. Relying on nothing and no one else. But there is a comfort..."></div> </div> </div>

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