<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=444633" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Today I Do Not Stand Alone</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Please, <br>I need no praises of platitudes from you.<br>I am just a basic man...<br>Encouraged by a mission, <br>That enforces me to take a stand.<br>And those who know my feelings are deep, <br>Have encouraged me to be the man I am.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I have never found my path taken, <br>Cleared free of debris.<br>I've witnessed obstacles laying upon it...<br>I thought impossible to free.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am not stranger to heartache.<br>Or those emotions that have gone out of my control.<br>I've been approached by folks, <br>Who didn't know me at all...<br>But felt it okay to test me and provoke.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">With faith I rid myself of doubts.<br>And today I am in constant prayer.<br>I know the truth about what love is! <br>And blessed I am to have those in my life...<br>Who are quick with me with theirs to share.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Please, <br>I need no praises of platitudes from you.<br>I am just a basic man...<br>Encouraged by a mission, <br>That enforces me to take a stand.<br>And those who know my feelings are deep<br>Have encouraged me to be the man I am.<br>I need no praises or platitudes, <br>To do what it is I am expected to do.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And if I was seeking an easy way out, <br>I'd be silent like the others...<br>With not a word you would hear, <br>Expressed publicly to come out of my mouth.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And on those stages I am glad to say, <br>Today I do not stand alone! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am not a seeker to make speeches.<br>With an eye for open debate! <br>I desire to teach to leave lessons learned, <br>Some I hope are understood...<br>With a comprehension sacrifices have been made.</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=444633" data-title="Today I Do Not Stand Alone de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="Please, I need no praises of platitudes from you. I am just a basic man... Encouraged by a mission, That enforces me to take a stand. And those who know my feelings are deep, Have encouraged me to be the man I am. I have never found my path ta..."></div> </div> </div>

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