<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=444130" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>This Love of Life I've Come To Know</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I did not come to know love, <br>To rid myself of it to hate.<br>I did not choose to unlock a door...<br>To then escape by building a gate.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I did not hop a fence, <br>To convince anyone I could run.<br>I did not come to face the truth, <br>To allow what I've learned to be undone.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I did not concentrate, <br>To then refuse comprehension.<br>I wanted and sought more to understand...<br>And stand to feel the Sun upon me come.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I did not come to know love, <br>To rid myself of it to hate.<br>I did not choose to unlock a door...<br>To then escape by building a gate.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">My choice, <br>Was not to hide but decide my voice I'd share.<br>To say those things I felt and meant, <br>From a caring awareness I had to declare.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I did not hop a fence, <br>To convince anyone I could run.<br>I did not come to face the truth, <br>To allow what I've learned to be undone.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I did not earn anything, <br>With a purpose to throw it away! <br>Or someday myself betray.<br>Not to sacrifice this love of life I've come to know.</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=444130" data-title="This Love of Life I've Come To Know de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="I did not come to know love, To rid myself of it to hate. I did not choose to unlock a door... To then escape by building a gate. I did not hop a fence, To convince anyone I could run. I did not come to face the truth, To allow what I've learn..."></div> </div> </div>

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