<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=440389" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>On Separate Journeys</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Often, <br>I feel softened! <br>And embedded deep! <br>Bolted to an awareness...<br>Of those despairs I've known.<br>But believed convincingly, <br>My travels alone would harden.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And as I grew...<br>I knew this was not so.<br>A movement forward, <br>Expanded my vision.<br>And I wilfully became prisoner...<br>Of wisdom and curiosity.<br>Forcing me to experience, <br>With blemishes and flaws...<br>To grow.<br>Unexpectedly! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Every step I took, <br>Would further chip away...<br>A protective shell.<br>A cell with its door unlocked.<br>To pursue unstopped.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And...<br>My observations made me more the servant, <br>Of my sensitivities.<br>Unblocked by exploration.<br>And caring less...<br>Those discreeted sensitivities, <br>Would become more addressed...<br>To show publicly.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">With a freedom to express them, <br>Openly.<br>Freed I would be! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And although slowly...<br>A healing proceeded, <br>From those scars and internal agonies...<br>I carried as if treasured gifts! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am there.<br>It seems...<br>Connected! <br>Feeling a collective retrospective, <br>That has me feeling whole! <br>Alive.<br>Bold.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Pieced together by tears once shed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am there.<br>It seems...<br>Connected! <br>With a happiness to share, <br>And spare.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now...<br>More affected in an acceptance, <br>Of all humanity.<br>Openly.<br>Freed I would be! <br>With a happiness to share, <br>And spare.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">With a wish I can reach and touch, <br>My brothers and sisters I love so much.<br>With an awakened respect.<br>No longer neglected! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am there.<br>It seems...<br>Connected! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But how? <br>How can this activity be done affectively? <br>When everyone, it seems...<br>Perceives they are on separate journeys.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And all paths that eventually cross...<br>Leads us to the same destiny! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">One that fulfills and enriches our lives, <br>With eyes unclouded...<br>And opened wide! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am there.<br>It seems...<br>Connected! <br>Reflective in a protective, <br>Gratefulness.</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=440389" data-title="On Separate Journeys de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="Often, I feel softened! And embedded deep! Bolted to an awareness... Of those despairs I've known. But believed convincingly, My travels alone would harden. And as I grew... I knew this was not so. A movement forward, Expanded my vision. And..."></div> </div> </div>

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