<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=541879" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Bitter Baton</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">the glimmer of all possible change<br>found in the eyes of youth<br>the rage & wonder<br>the romance & foundation of all peaceful & loving possibility<br>wash over you when you encounter it, <br>because it's just something that you remember<br>being so valuable<br>when you yourself knew it<br>so very long ago, <br>but the wrinkles replace the wonder &<br>anger takes over the romance, <br>as each passing day brings less possibility-<br>there is most certainly a vitality that may not leave<br>but it has encountered so much loss &<br>gained so very much pain that a numbness lurks <br>just behind the eyes<br>that have forgotten how to tear up, <br>so when encountering this young person<br>who has a world to change &<br>a whole lot of energy to change it<br>along with a heart the size of jupiter &<br>a seemingly endless supply of<br>hope, <br>one so battered should do their best not to pass on the<br>bitter baton-<br>beat ourself to death with it before<br>letting such a chance fade of our own <br>withered accord, for <br>this whole world is not ours to ruin.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Andrew+Delapruch">Andrew Delapruch</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=541879" data-title="A Bitter Baton de Andrew Delapruch" data-description="the glimmer of all possible change found in the eyes of youth the rage & wonder the romance & foundation of all peaceful & loving possibility wash over you when you encounter it, because it's just something that you remember being so valuable whe..."></div> </div> </div>

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