<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=521610" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Shoemaker</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The children watch his hands<br>strain against leather, tug<br>tough hide, obdurate skin, <br>once supple and alive, <br>now stiff and dry, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">see how his patience, <br>like love, <br>wears death down<br>until new shoes grow<br>in his strong hands.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They learn to bend <br>life's refuse<br>to new use, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">how being <br>always finds <br>purpose.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Thus, in lines of memory<br>we measure our days.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The ancestors guide us<br>as we build new form<br>from old tears, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and our children<br>watch<br>and learn.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Steven+Federle">Steven Federle</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=521610" data-title="Shoemaker de Steven Federle" data-description="The children watch his hands strain against leather, tug tough hide, obdurate skin, once supple and alive, now stiff and dry, see how his patience, like love, wears death down until new shoes grow in his strong hands. They learn to bend li..."></div> </div> </div>

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