<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=439933" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Not A Photocopy Or A Transparency</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I do not need an answered survey, <br>To review responses...<br>As if I do not know details or understand, <br>What my life has been like.<br>And first hand.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I've known each day, <br>About those obstacles that have come my way.<br>And what it is I must do.<br>And who it is I must fight! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Forget those graphs with statistics crafted.<br>My eyes have been wide open, <br>Despite of outsiders...<br>Giving their opinions to convince others, <br>Information gathered...<br>Is a life I've known to live, <br>Whether wrong or right.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I've lived my life and not in hiding.<br>Day and night, <br>And for a number of years.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am not a photocopy or a transparency.<br>Every emotion I feel is real, <br>Here inside of me.<br>And when I get upset with my feelings hurt...<br>It is up to me to know, <br>To what degree I've got to heal.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I do not need an answered survey, <br>To review responses...<br>As if I do not know or understand, <br>What my life has been like.<br>And first hand.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I've known each day, <br>About those obstacles that have come my way.<br>And what it is I must do.<br>And who it is I must fight! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Everyday since my birth, <br>Here on Earth...<br>I've observed and felt and grew.<br>And all of the experiences I have obtained...<br>I've learned more than one lesson! <br>I've learned quite a few.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And with each day I am blessed to live, <br>God has granted me the wisdom...<br>To know what it is, <br>And what it takes...<br>For me to succeed and complete, <br>Whatever it is that I must do to feel upbeat.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am not on the sidelines, <br>Observing to be entertained.<br>I am an active participant and involved...<br>No matter who says what, <br>Or with unsolicited authority...<br>May say or claim! <br>I am 'me'.<br>Regardless of those labels attached to my name.</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=439933" data-title="Not A Photocopy Or A Transparency de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="I do not need an answered survey, To review responses... As if I do not know details or understand, What my life has been like. And first hand. I've known each day, About those obstacles that have come my way. And what it is I must do. And who..."></div> </div> </div>

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