<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=565026" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>My Father, With His Arthritic Hands</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">My father, with his arthritic hands<br>Closes his door, picks up the bow<br>Tucks the bit under his chin<br>Tunes it real low<br>My father can compete with the world's best bands<br>My father plays the violin.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">His eyes are dim but the notes are clear<br>His hearing is faulty but we can hear<br>The songs that pour out from within<br>People outside stop to listen<br>When my father plays the violin.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He opens up another world<br>Far from stress and pain<br>I become a child again<br>As without a word<br>He picks up the bow, tunes it real low<br>My father plays the violin.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">My father with his arthritic hands<br>Holds a magnifying glass to his eyes to read<br>He sits out there under the clear blue skies<br> Now that he can hardly walk<br>(Luckily my sisters are there when he needs to talk) .<br> And when its dusk and he enters within<br>Then with his arthritic hands<br>Father picks up his violin.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Rani+Turton">Rani Turton</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=565026" data-title="My Father, With His Arthritic Hands de Rani Turton" data-description="My father, with his arthritic hands Closes his door, picks up the bow Tucks the bit under his chin Tunes it real low My father can compete with the world's best bands My father plays the violin. His eyes are dim but the notes are clear His hearin..."></div> </div> </div>

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