<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=495210" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Sea Is Very Calm This Morning</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">the sea is very calm this morning<br>the talisay leaves are not disturbed by the breeze<br>my mama is sitting on a bench<br>combing her long hair<br>saying nothing<br>under a tree<br>beside our little nipa hut<br>facing the horizon</div><div style="margin:10px 0">on the other side is a big house<br>whose iron gate is painted red<br>a big man comes out<br>rushing as though<br>he is chasing someone<br>holding a stick on his hand<br>shouting at the child<br>playing with my small brother<br>inside the yard<br>of our house</div><div style="margin:10px 0">the child of that man is frightened<br>and runs as fast as he can<br>back to their house<br>his father catches him<br>beating his legs<br>with the stick on his<br>right hand</div><div style="margin:10px 0">i can still hear the cry of that frightened child<br>from the very beating of his own papa</div><div style="margin:10px 0">what a mess! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">i could have told you once again about the peace<br>and the calm and the quiet of the sea on a morning like this<br>but it is not true anymore</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=495210" data-title="The Sea Is Very Calm This Morning de Ric S. Bastasa" data-description="the sea is very calm this morning the talisay leaves are not disturbed by the breeze my mama is sitting on a bench combing her long hair saying nothing under a tree beside our little nipa hut facing the horizon on the other side is a big house wh..."></div> </div> </div>

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