<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=482551" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Salamander</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">It was a cold spring morning.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">During a walk at Oxbow Park <br>I ran across a reddish-brown<br>salamander in the middle of <br>the paved road. Reaching down<br>I touched its tail and it twitched<br>slightly. It was clear that the<br>salamander was just chilled<br>and was moving slow as <br>cold amphibians do.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I picked up the creature and <br>carried it to the side of the<br>road, where I gently placed it <br>on the ground beneath a Salal shrub.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Walking on I reflected on<br>what it might be like to be that<br>salamander sitting in the road.<br>Being approached by a giant being <br>that could pick me up and with little <br>effort, move me to safety. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I must have seemed like<br>a god to that small salamander.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I further reflected about just how we<br>humans must look to greater beings<br>than us. Would we not see them as gods? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">In that moment I felt gigantic and minuscule, <br>all at the same time…</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>ROTMS</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ray+Lucero">Ray Lucero</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=482551" data-title="Salamander de Ray Lucero" data-description="It was a cold spring morning. During a walk at Oxbow Park I ran across a reddish-brown salamander in the middle of the paved road. Reaching down I touched its tail and it twitched slightly. It was clear that the salamander was just chilled and ..."></div> </div> </div>

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