<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=528181" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Night awaits the Dawn</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Some boys with cheek play hide and seek within a house condemned<br>Their faces gaunt reflecting want that's hard to comprehend.<br>With no excuse an old recluse is waiting to descend.<br>His eyes despair behind the stair, he's never had a friend<br>To talk about his hidden doubt of how the world will end -<br>To die alone on empty throne and other Fates impend.<br> <br>And soon the boys chase phantom joys and, presto when they're gone, <br>The old recluse, with nimble noose and facial features drawn, <br>No longer waits upon the Fates but yawns his final yawn<br>- Like Tinker Bell, he spins a spell, in fairy dust chiffon -<br>With twisted brow, he's tranquil now, he's floating like a swan<br>And as he fades from life's charades, the night awaits the dawn.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Terry+O%27Leary">Terry O'Leary</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=528181" data-title="The Night awaits the Dawn de Terry O'Leary" data-description="Some boys with cheek play hide and seek within a house condemned Their faces gaunt reflecting want that's hard to comprehend. With no excuse an old recluse is waiting to descend. His eyes despair behind the stair, he's never had a friend To talk a..."></div> </div> </div>

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