<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=442651" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Sorry To Disappoint</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Would you rather that I'd be bent and twisted? <br>Raging in fits.<br>Unable to handle the slide and dip, <br>Of my quality of life? <br>That's not the way I choose to live.<br>Or the outlook of my life I would like! <br>Not me.<br>And if I felt that way...<br>You wouldn't see it! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">My eyes have been wide open too long.<br>The steps I've taken have been calculated, <br>To confront and not ignore impossible obstacles.<br>And finding them more feared! <br>Each time I got near them.<br>Until I removed doubt and replaced that with faith! <br>I'm not good at faking defeat or submission.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">After tasting humiliation a few times, <br>And realizing that strengthened my mind...<br>I began to welcome challenges! <br>With criticisms and judgements passed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Relying on luck is not the way I live.<br>I've learned to trust myself.<br>And keep my mouth shut...<br>Around others who wish to describe every pain they have, <br>Without a word of gratitude expressed...<br>For anything or anyone! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Would you rather that I'd be bent and twisted? <br>Raging in fits.<br>Unable to handle the slide and dip, <br>Of my quality of life? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Sorry to disappoint.<br>But none of your opinions, <br>Or other shared thoughts...<br>Are on my agenda! <br>Right now.<br>But who knows? <br>Things do change, <br>And rearrange themselves over time...<br>When a mind can become absent of consciousness.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I recommend and suggest, <br>You become less preoccupied with a mental diminishing<br>That seems to keep you attracted.<br>None of us are above being snapped or cracked.</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=442651" data-title="Sorry To Disappoint de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="Would you rather that I'd be bent and twisted? Raging in fits. Unable to handle the slide and dip, Of my quality of life? That's not the way I choose to live. Or the outlook of my life I would like! Not me. And if I felt that way... You wouldn..."></div> </div> </div>

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