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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=531070" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Looking for Encouragement in ICU</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">He's gone<br>I never saw him go <br>Surprised that he fell</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I thought he would get up<br>At first he looked like he'd be OK<br>He was upset that he'd slipped</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Confused that the legs hadn't held<br>The strength that steadied <br>The foot and braced the legs</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Held at the smoker in 1932<br>When three solid lefts<br>Couldn't take him down</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Held when the Hammond trim saw kicked<br>Held on the wet rocks of Redwood Creek<br>When the salmon jumped and were on</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Held splitting a second cord of wood<br>While after loading the first<br>I thought I needed a break</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now when he needed it most<br>They didn't hold they gave<br>Yet he somehow still held on</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Over the ledge I could see him there<br>He was pulling himself up<br>Or at least I wanted him to</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I tried to talk to him<br>I got his attention<br>He silently shook his head</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The same as when we hunted<br>When I thought I had a clear shot<br>And he knew I didn't</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He always challenged me<br>No matter what I did<br>To be a better shot</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'We're not out here to wound<br>Chase down a revine then<br>Drag bloodshoot venison through the brush.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We're out here to put meat on the table.'<br>He also knew when to fish<br>And where the quail hid</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He always encouraged me<br>To know what I was doing <br>Before I did it</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Its real important you learn<br>The difference between your ass<br>And a hole in the ground.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Was his way<br>Of putting it<br>I knew what he meant</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Shaking his head I recognized his signal<br>I still wanted to help even though<br>I couldn't have gotten to him anyway</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then he stopped trying<br>The strength and gruffness were gone<br>I was mad at him</div><div style="margin:10px 0">For the tears in his eyes<br>For not trying<br>For knowing more than me</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He knew there was no way up<br>The others calling to him <br>Were of no use</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I knew then what he wanted<br>To push away from the side<br>To be over and done with it</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He was caught tangled held back<br>He couldn't even let go<br>When he wanted to</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I looked and he was there<br>I couldn't help<br>I didn't want to watch</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I looked again <br>He was gone<br>I never saw him go</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Tom+J.+Mariani">Tom J. Mariani</a><div class=q>
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I never saw him go 
Surprised that he fell

I thought he would get up
At first he looked like he'd be OK
He was upset that he'd slipped

Confused that the legs hadn't held
The strength that steadied 
The foot and braced the legs

Held at..."></div>
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