<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=491434" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Ode To A Strict Lifestyle Of The Past</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">'twas the cruel time<br>with grandpa when dropping a grain<br>of rice on the table cloth is such a big crime<br>when you like to eat but you cannot swallow<br>the food<br>when you like to drink but the water tasted<br>as bitter as bile<br>when the conversations on the dining table<br>are shallow as affection is strange<br>as nothing becomes more important<br>than a future<br>not be be bound in the house anymore<br>when papa did not do anything<br>when mama simply sobbed <br>and stayed silence<br>and surrendered everything to God</div><div style="margin:10px 0">all we waited is the blackness of the night<br>black because death is indifferent<br>because time is not a rescuer<br>of those who sank into<br>the bottom<br>of despair</div><div style="margin:10px 0">i recall all these cruel times now<br>upon a grain of white rice<br>upon a coffee deprived of milk and sugar<br>upon a bread without the butter<br>upon a naked table<br>scratched with a knife<br>stained with tears</div><div style="margin:10px 0">i look over the window<br>and stare at the black butterfly merely passing by</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=491434" data-title="Ode To A Strict Lifestyle Of The Past de Ric S. Bastasa" data-description="'twas the cruel time with grandpa when dropping a grain of rice on the table cloth is such a big crime when you like to eat but you cannot swallow the food when you like to drink but the water tasted as bitter as bile when the conversations on the..."></div> </div> </div>

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