<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=457379" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>As I Grow Older</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Though many fond memories have I-many made in this very place, <br>I must bid a fond adieu still, because time's wend shan't erase <br>The pain caused, nor the scars ne'er to be seen! <br>It goes without saying: what an unmitigating heartbreak it has been! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The time lapsed from the attendant events, now numbers years- <br>Alas, nights pass yet, where I may fill a chalice with my tears! <br>I spend days afeared, 'looking over my shoulder'; <br>NO! I shan't allow its lasting, as I grow older! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Many, many times, the Sun has risen and the Sun has, again, set- <br>Since that wretched day causal to the theft of the peace I may never again get! <br>I have been 'gone' so long, I barely know who I used to be- <br>A shell of my former self stands in the mirror now before me! <br>I yearn for my post-traumatic life to truly begin- <br>I long to look the 'real' me in the mirror once again! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Maurice Harris,9 June 2010</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Maurice+Harris">Maurice Harris</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=457379" data-title="As I Grow Older de Maurice Harris" data-description="Though many fond memories have I-many made in this very place, I must bid a fond adieu still, because time's wend shan't erase The pain caused, nor the scars ne'er to be seen! It goes without saying: what an unmitigating heartbreak it has been!..."></div> </div> </div>

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