<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=447318" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Waiting To Become</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Waiting To Become<br>Date: July 29,2010</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I have waited here, long indeed<br>...waiting to become a poet<br>I have stumbled over and fell upon<br>Words that free fall from my mind</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I have inked many pages<br>And tap, tap, tapped to siphon rhetoric<br>From my own dark soul¦<br>I have taken knife in hand <br>To carve blindly in the dark<br>Searching in vain for poetic verse<br>Or prose, or even song</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I have twisted thoughts, <br>And drained memories<br>I have stolen from friend and foe<br>Pilfering letter by letter <br>Secrets, fantasies and unspeakable acts of debauchery</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I dug a grave to lost love<br>Cut down trees of indifference<br>And swam the river of denial<br>I have traveled far and searched wide<br>Climbing the highest mountain of despair<br>Just to sprinkle moon dust over sleeping giants</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I sliced my wrist and bled poison on the leaf<br>All for the chance <br>To run my fingers through the golden hair of success</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I have killed and died, <br>At the altar of my own naivety <br>I have lied, been deceived, and have coveted the gifts of others<br>I have waited, long indeed<br>...waiting to become a poet</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>********************************* ************<br>Copyright © 2010 Leria Hawkins, All Rights Reserved</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Leria+Hawkins">Leria Hawkins</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=447318" data-title="Waiting To Become de Leria Hawkins" data-description="Waiting To Become Date: July 29,2010 I have waited here, long indeed ...waiting to become a poet I have stumbled over and fell upon Words that free fall from my mind I have inked many pages And tap, tap, tapped to siphon rhetoric From my own dar..."></div> </div> </div>

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