<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=495447" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Time Has Come</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">the time has come for the arrival <br>of this stranger<br>from a very faraway land. you meet him.<br>make him sit. ask him if he needs a drink<br>and you give him<br>gin, beer, whatever that pleases him.<br>you make him comfortable <br>at last<br>in your home. make him find his room.<br>the pillows and blankets<br>all to his choosing. the dinner that you serve.<br>the shower that he has to take.<br>the nice conversations you will have<br>for a while<br>with this stranger. you care for him<br>you assure him.you tell him<br>you miss him. you bring him to the mirror<br>to see how beautiful has he become<br>for that time that you have been<br>taken apart<br>you embrace him tightly.<br>you cry.<br>you wipe your tears and sit at the center<br>of the living room.<br>you look carefully how distance <br>must have destroyed <br>the closeness between you and him.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">you shake your hand.<br>it is you now. this stranger is yourself.<br>you welcome him home<br>to your very arms.</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=495447" data-title="The Time Has Come de Ric S. Bastasa" data-description="the time has come for the arrival of this stranger from a very faraway land. you meet him. make him sit. ask him if he needs a drink and you give him gin, beer, whatever that pleases him. you make him comfortable at last in your home. make him f..."></div> </div> </div>

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