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What would you say?


I fell down

The light's weren't on

What was I trying to mount?

The light switch, I could not find

That's when I realized

I had always been blind

I knocked at my temple

How silly I was!

I had tripped on a mere thimble!

But it's alright

For there had been bigger shakes

It was only a fallacy

Everyone makes mistakes

I had been blind since infancy

Don't detest

For all forget

And always remember...

That this world does not last forever...

 

 

 

 

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AliceLennon
<P>If you were able to give someone younger than yourself advice, what would you say?</P>

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