<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=446533" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Without A Drumroll Or A Cheering Audience</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I was still in my early twenties, <br>When I felt I had earned my doctorate's degree.<br>After I had graduated from elementary school, <br>I had already received my 'bachelor's'.<br>I was taught to be accountable, <br>For every responsible action I made.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I did not have a childhood.<br>I had chores and responsibilities.<br>And had been a latchkey child by the age of 5.<br>That was before the innocence of children, <br>Were identified to be protected and realized.<br>I was taught to value independence....first! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I was still in my early twenties, <br>When I felt I had earned my doctorate's degree.<br>Married, divorced and a military veteran...<br>I knew my life had excelled through a course, <br>To experience early such maturity.<br>And that wasn't a choice! <br>But more like a marriage of enforcement.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And my tolerance for those who are ignorant is low.<br>Extremely! <br>Especially when I've seen people pull themselves up, <br>Out of places few would dare to go.<br>Without a drumroll or a cheering audience to encourage.<br>With so many today wasting their minds and time, <br>Debating their entitlements while sitting on wide behinds...<br>Expecting a delivery of some kind they did not earn.</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=446533" data-title="Without A Drumroll Or A Cheering Audience de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="I was still in my early twenties, When I felt I had earned my doctorate's degree. After I had graduated from elementary school, I had already received my 'bachelor's'. I was taught to be accountable, For every responsible action I made. I did ..."></div> </div> </div>

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