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Look


Don't look down

Because when you look down

You see the world from an entirely new perspective

 

When you look down

You gain the freedom to be greater than you once were

 

Don't look down because they tell you not to

It gives you too much power

And at the same time weakens you

Humbles you

 

Don't look up either

When you look up you see the stars you were meant to shoot for

You feel the vastness of the universe crushing your pitiful humanity

And you remember that even atoms have the power to destroy and to create

 

Don't look up because they say that's the unreachable

And when you reach the unreachable they fear you

They envy you

They despise you

 

Don't look

To look is to know more

To see the difference between deception and reality

 

Don't look for if you look their lies will falter

You will turn from blind faith to walk a path of your own truths

Everything becomes a little clearer and they have no meaning

 

Don't look

Looks can kill.

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