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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=476219" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Tree, the Vine and the Grass</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The tree said to the grass, Is it your contentment<br>To be just at my foot, remain under my shade<br>Why don't you do as I, my aims are very high<br>I want to reach the moon and the stars in the sky<br>With far reaching vision, I stand in dignity<br>Stand out for the rest of the forest to see</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Oh yes, oh yes, my friend, said the vine to the grass<br>Why do you not aim high, just like the two of us<br>My stance is upright, reaching high altitudes<br>I can stand side by side with any tree I choose<br>Unlike you who remain earthbound without a choice</div><div style="margin:10px 0">To you my friend, a tree, I do not want to be<br>equal to you in height, low I would rather be<br>For the law of nature, I clearly remember<br>You stand the higher, you will fall the harder<br>I do not aim for things I know I would not reach<br>Earthbound I chose to be, than fail in my attempts</div><div style="margin:10px 0">To you my friend, a vine, here's what I have to say<br>Stand I won't if on borrowed stability <br>On the arms of a friend you just cling and depend<br>You cannot stand alone, own strength you do not have <br>When I pause to reckon and try to look around<br>In the world of humans, the likes of you abound<br>They cling to anyone who has money and might<br>As you cling to the tiniest twig or biggest branch<br>Wanting not to be low, not to be trampled at</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then a hurricane came with its wind blowing wild<br>It uprooted the vine, the tree fell to the ground<br>And there they lay in waste, under the sun they died<br>The grass is still there, flourishing and alive</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Pacific+Hernandez">Pacific Hernandez</a><div class=q>
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To be just at my foot, remain under my shade
Why don't you do as I, my aims are very high
I want to reach the moon and the stars in the sky
With far reaching vision, I stand in dignity
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