<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=577624" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Outsider</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">There is a person, sometimes big, sometimes small<br>Who has a tendency to stay away from it all<br>When the rest of the proceedings are looked at, with wonder<br>This person is what everyone calls the quintessential Outsider</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Outsider could be a scavenger or a hangman<br>Or anybody considered unusual by a layman<br>He could be the maligned goalkeeper in a soccer game<br>Or a war-weary soldier, back to civilian life, devoid of fame</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He wants to be in the thick of action, but cannot do so<br>He is misunderstood by a friend, as much as by a foe<br>His position is always lonely, always desolate, always solitary<br>Whether he be in a high-pressure game or the military</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In every type of setting, he is a stranger<br>To some, he is a misfit; to some, a danger<br>To the well-established norms and stereotypes of the world<br>He is a character whose thoughts are best not unfurled</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He refuses to give in to sycophancy, in this world so biased<br>Or conform to convention, so he is ostracized<br>No one seems to have time for his views<br>And thus his boredom with life blows a fuse</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So, he is reduced to a mere observer<br>Of circumstances, which he becomes with little fervour<br>And in this way, he enlarges his experience<br>Of the development of life, surroundings and conscience</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Rony+Patra">Rony Patra</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=577624" data-title="The Outsider de Rony Patra" data-description="There is a person, sometimes big, sometimes small Who has a tendency to stay away from it all When the rest of the proceedings are looked at, with wonder This person is what everyone calls the quintessential Outsider The Outsider could be a scave..."></div> </div> </div>

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