<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=556207" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Hope bleeds gradually</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">So many hidden stories<br>Forgotten and ignored<br>Poverty absorbs life<br>Hope bleeds gradually<br>Make do, and mend<br>Smile and pretend<br>Slowly, gradually<br>Visible to invisible<br>With unchanging smile<br>Stranger to self<br>And stranger we deny<br>As poverty silences<br>In coldness we comply<br>Indifference cuts the deepest<br>Statistics used to deny<br>Personhood and dignity<br>Fade, Person to ghost<br>Dying is easy<br>It’s living that’s hard<br>False prophets abound<br>Hope bleeds gradually<br>Selling isms by the pound<br>Disengaged they take the cudgel<br>Pronounce their humble acts<br>Do we listen to the stories? <br>Do we listen to the facts? <br>Wise in our own eyes<br>Objective in indifference<br>Passing by on the other side<br>So many hidden stories<br>Forgotten and ignored<br>Poverty absorbs, denies<br>Hidden by statistics<br>Hope bleeds gradually<br>Make do, and mend<br>Smile and pretend<br>Slowly, gradually<br>Visible to invisible<br>Christ knows our story<br>Tell me that it’s true<br>He bore it on the Cross<br>We are not alone<br>Nothing in love is lost<br>I hope that this is true<br>Hope bleeds gradually<br>Whilst Poverty absorbs<br>Christ knows.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Adrian+Wait">Adrian Wait</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=556207" data-title="Hope bleeds gradually de Adrian Wait" data-description="So many hidden stories Forgotten and ignored Poverty absorbs life Hope bleeds gradually Make do, and mend Smile and pretend Slowly, gradually Visible to invisible With unchanging smile Stranger to self And stranger we deny As poverty silences In c..."></div> </div> </div>

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