<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=557082" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>I Don't Wish To Impose</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I don't wish to impose<br>But can I join your family? <br>You see mine fell apart when my father died<br>I don't think anyone has noticed<br>But I have</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We didn't meet at Christmas<br>Was I the only one distressed? <br>My mother with her new partner<br>No blame<br>She doesn't do on her own<br>But no family gathering? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">You, my father's younger brother<br>I watch you laughing with your daughters<br>No jealousy<br>Just a longing for the way things were<br>Impossible I know<br>Maybe I could just share you.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You ring, you text, you e-mail<br>And I am so grateful for the crumbs from your table<br>The table where my father once sat<br>He would have loved that we keep in touch.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I look at you closely, looking for my father in your face<br>I cannot find him there<br>But you are his brother<br>The closest I can get</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So I comfort myself with our friendship<br>Your sense of humour<br>Your memories, your family<br>Longing for the way things were<br>Before my family fell apart.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Judith+Evans">Judith Evans</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=557082" data-title="I Don't Wish To Impose de Judith Evans" data-description="I don't wish to impose But can I join your family? You see mine fell apart when my father died I don't think anyone has noticed But I have We didn't meet at Christmas Was I the only one distressed? My mother with her new partner No blame She do..."></div> </div> </div>

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