<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=532971" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Flies and Humans</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I sat in my bedroom<br>watching as two flies<br>repeatedly flung themselves<br>at the window<br>trying to get outside.<br>Of course<br>they do not understand<br>the concept of glass.<br>They keep trying<br>and I keep watching.<br>Then I thought, <br>maybe they are safer in here<br>behind these walls. <br>Yes, they are.<br>I resigned myself<br>from this contemplation<br>and decided<br>to let them stay.<br>Then another part of me emerged<br>and thought: <br>This fly is going to<br>die eventually<br>in fact, very soon.<br>I think it <br>would rather die<br>flying limitlessly <br>through fresh air<br>into the sun<br>into the wind<br>out of here.<br>And although <br>its existence <br>is futile<br>it will die<br>doing exactly<br>what it should be<br>in exactly <br>the right place.<br>So I open the window<br>and they fly out to freedom, <br>to die.<br>And then I sat realizing<br>Those flies are a lot like us humans<br>only they have the courage<br>and the drive<br>to fly.<br>We just keep<br>flinging ourselves<br>at the window<br>even though<br>we know exactly<br>how to open it.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Vanessa+Grixti">Vanessa Grixti</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=532971" data-title="Flies and Humans de Vanessa Grixti" data-description="I sat in my bedroom watching as two flies repeatedly flung themselves at the window trying to get outside. Of course they do not understand the concept of glass. They keep trying and I keep watching. Then I thought, maybe they are safer in here b..."></div> </div> </div>

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