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T.S. Eliot Had It Wrong


Do I Dare

Disturb the Universe?

 

Why should I?

Nothing really matters, so I shouldn’t even try.

Why should I?

Every single one of us one day will die.

 

Do I Dare

Disturb the Universe?

 

How could I?

I’m small and weak with many struggles in my life.

How could I?

There’s nothing I can do that hasn’t happened once or twice.

 

Do I Dare

Disturb the Universe?

 

Why not I?

Nothing ever changes if I never even try.

Why not I?

If no one ever does then the whole world just might die.

 

I dare disturb the Universe.

 

To Dare is to Dream is to Desire to Defy

To Defy is to Defeat

 

Defeat is to Die

 

I’m

 

Dying

 

To Live

 

 

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