<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=495251" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Shallow Waters</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">on an afternoon<br>you swear you want something light this time<br>you want to be like some clouds<br>those happy ones<br>those that change faces and shapes and<br>colors every second<br>something slippery to our senses<br>you dislike permanence<br>and stability<br>you opt for the floating flimsy things<br>a leaf floating on the water<br>a boy wading on the shore afraid of the<br>depths like the way his mother watches over him<br>you say<br>you are tired of these philosophical pursuits<br>as though thinking hurts<br>as though every word becomes an argument<br>you like something fashionable like gowns<br>and the latest creations of<br>some gay designers<br>i am firm and i stay<br>on the depths of my thoughts<br>and i am drowning and as you well see<br>i do not need your help<br>i like this pain of fathoming<br>whatever is there<br>is mine alone and now<br>step out from the yard of my life<br>get out of my fence<br>i live here and this is my territory<br>this is my loneliness<br>and i am proud of it.</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=495251" data-title="The Shallow Waters de Ric S. Bastasa" data-description="on an afternoon you swear you want something light this time you want to be like some clouds those happy ones those that change faces and shapes and colors every second something slippery to our senses you dislike permanence and stability you opt ..."></div> </div> </div>

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