<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=488299" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Getting Out</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">i did not say it was a mad house.<br>perhaps it was me, when i left it.<br>perhaps i have not seen the light.<br>or perhaps it was too dark inside.<br>or perhaps the darkness is just inside myself.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">but then i left it. It is now a fact.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">i smile to the world now.<br>i have many choices about what colors<br>of shirt, or pants or socks to wear.<br>i can read any book and i can be anywhere <br>i want.<br>i did not change my face or modify my body.<br>there was no pressure to adopt my vision<br>to anyone else<br>or to that house that is set in the middle of the <br>big city and walled as high as the clouds.<br>all i felt was the hanging<br>and the inhibition as though i am caged<br>but you have always said <br>this is part of the molding and it<br>will be painful for a time.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">i want a ring with a name and date on it.<br>i want a house without walls.<br>a face with eyes open and hands outstretch<br>to the sky.<br>i want to listen to the sound of the river<br>as it longs for the mouth of the sea.<br>i went to the mountain with trees and <br>listened to the songs of the birds<br>and the aria of the wind.<br>i went on top and saw the city<br>and it is too small for my hands.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">now, i have seen the light.<br>now i feel freedom. <br>now i am myself. there is no fear <br>and all i have is love and<br>compassion.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ric+S.+Bastasa">Ric S. Bastasa</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=488299" data-title="Getting Out de Ric S. Bastasa" data-description="i did not say it was a mad house. perhaps it was me, when i left it. perhaps i have not seen the light. or perhaps it was too dark inside. or perhaps the darkness is just inside myself. but then i left it. It is now a fact. i smile to the world ..."></div> </div> </div>

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