<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=443333" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>That's What Woke Me Up</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">In disbelief? <br>I was too, <br>Before I accepted.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">There was a time, <br>I placed truth on trial.<br>Everything vivid, <br>Became for me a denial.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">My thoughts and observations, <br>Were clearer than my own footsteps.<br>But when I began to follow my mind, <br>To leave doubt and fear behind...<br>I knew I was fine! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Not that I declared anything wrong.<br>I was not right with it.<br>And that took a long time to see.<br>I didn't understand that immediately.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Until I saw 'me'.<br>And the pieces on the outside, <br>Completed a total fit.<br>I began to see things as they were.<br>And not what I thought they should be.<br>I had been against the naturalness of it.<br>With interpretations I 'heard' should be mine.<br>I saw that to be imperfect.<br>And I became disturbed by it.<br>And doing my best to sit and fix the imperfect in me.<br>And God does not make mistakes on purpose.<br>To fake them as something done unconscious.<br>People do! <br>To unloosen but not tighten screws.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And that's what 'woke' me up! <br>I began to tighten up my activities quick, <br>To overdose on reality.<br>Now I've got my dosages under control.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In disbelief? <br>I was too, <br>Before I accepted.<br>There was a time, <br>I placed truth on trial.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Everything vivid, <br>Became for me a denial.<br>Until I saw 'me'.<br>And the pieces on the outside, <br>Completed a total fit.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I began to see things as they were.<br>And not what I thought they should be.<br>Because they could never be how I saw them.<br>I saw them to be imperfect.<br>Not comprehending a thing as I followed.<br>To become involved in an assortment of heartbreaks.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And God does not make mistakes, <br>To fake them as something done unconscious.<br>People do! <br>And I no longer follow those who have eyes, <br>They allow to remain clouded.</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=443333" data-title="That's What Woke Me Up de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="In disbelief? I was too, Before I accepted. There was a time, I placed truth on trial. Everything vivid, Became for me a denial. My thoughts and observations, Were clearer than my own footsteps. But when I began to follow my mind, To leave..."></div> </div> </div>

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