<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=445596" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>What Has Been Denied</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">One of the main reasons, <br>People don't know who they are...<br>Or can respect others to accept, <br>Is their approach to life.<br>And a valued place on false pretensions.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">People have been made to believe, <br>And are convinced...<br>That reality is to be pretended, <br>And the more pretentious they are...<br>The more they reflect a 'version' of reality.<br>Blindly accepted.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And...<br>Those who are themselves, <br>And have lived reality...<br>From an experiencing of it, <br>Are perceived as being phony.<br>Although everything they have done...<br>Is based upon truth as it is, <br>And have attempted to deliver it.<br>But are criticized for being nonconformists.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">One of the main reasons, <br>People don't know who they are...<br>Or can respect others to accept, <br>Is their approach to life.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">One is taught how to live, <br>And how to act.<br>What beliefs to accept, <br>From those created...<br>And followed 'faithfully'.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And those who live not accepting, <br>Those beliefs to follow 'faithfully'...<br>Seem to live freer lives, <br>Without having lies to follow.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Why is there so much conflict in the world.<br>Why are so many people unhappy? '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">That's a good question.<br>And they are the ones who follow, <br>Taught beliefs.<br>Without seeking to live life, <br>To discover it on their own.<br>They follow and protest yet accept.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'But, <br>How can you say that? '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I've learned to stand back, <br>And observe that which has been denied.<br>My eyes have been open most of my life, <br>To see things as they are.<br>Not what I wish them to be.<br>With eyes open wide.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And apparently my 'version' has offered me, <br>A more peaceful co-existence.<br>And that for me is not phony at all.<br>I only have one face that I've shown.<br>Have you ever seen me wearing a mask? <br>To appease others doing it? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">'No.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You should take yours off.<br>You'll see exactly what I mean.<br>When you begin to experience life, <br>So many become offended.</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=445596" data-title="What Has Been Denied de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="One of the main reasons, People don't know who they are... Or can respect others to accept, Is their approach to life. And a valued place on false pretensions. People have been made to believe, And are convinced... That reality is to be preten..."></div> </div> </div>

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