<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=532250" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>I Think About My Neighbor Mary</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I think about Mary, <br>The pieces of her story<br>As I know it: <br>Her childhood streets, <br>The neighborhood cherry tree<br>She used to climb, <br>It should have been for fun, <br>Not for badly needed nourishment, <br>But she survived, <br>By strength of will, <br>A poisoned family life<br>Of shuffled homes<br>And ever-changing schools<br>With her homework assignments missed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But Mary, did you allow yourself to cry? <br>Was that too much a luxury for a small girl? <br>Too much a luxury when your possessions<br>Were placed on the curbs of lonely streets<br>Where passersby didn’t know the children<br>Those possessions belonged to, <br>Their tattered clothes and tattered lives? <br>But Mary, you kept yourself alive<br>And somehow filled your heart with love<br>And created a better day<br>For everyone you touched: <br>Your husband and children, <br>Your baby brother<br>Who still has an injured heart, <br>And people like myself<br>Who gaze into your soul<br>Through the words you write.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Uriah+Hamilton">Uriah Hamilton</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=532250" data-title="I Think About My Neighbor Mary de Uriah Hamilton" data-description="I think about Mary, The pieces of her story As I know it: Her childhood streets, The neighborhood cherry tree She used to climb, It should have been for fun, Not for badly needed nourishment, But she survived, By strength of will, A poison..."></div> </div> </div>

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