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Eyes Kept shut


child open your eyes "no i mustn't, I can't" please child open your eyes " no, if I open my eyes I shall see corruption hatred and ignorance lust and pain disease and death pitiful problems with easy answers answers we have but choose not to use answers we ignore and step upon" But child with your eyes closed what do you have? "I have my innocence, my true sight my quests, my questions, my love, my ideas my problems, my answers my life and no one else's but my owns death"
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