Decision to Question

Do not question convention
Do not challenge the standards you so mindlessly follow.
Do not hesitate to believe the arbitrary morals that lead to hate
Do not think to doubt what must be consented.
Do not risk the possibility of challenge

Do shun the capacity of your own mind.
Do silence the heart that knows no truth
Do unfeasibly aim for the notion of another’s ideal self
Do hide realities of the unspoken in code
Do continue to color desires in the pleasantries of white

Now, teach unto others the dos and the don’ts,
And imprison yourself behind the safe bars—
of the sin and the secrecy you now too create.

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