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Restraint


 

Why can I not speak what I want to say

Truth and only that I know.

Why do you stop me?

You want me to be just not me

But to sell stories

Already told many times over.

Afterwards, no one will believe me.

Who will believe the truth, I know?

 

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Ravinder Kumar Soni

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