i could put a sword to your throat
and hold your being in my hands
and take away your life
never the less
saying that what would you have learned
only that men are cruel
but if i speak words to you
i might not be able to change you
but those words spoken may touch you
you will be touched by my words
never the less without cause
those words would compound your every beating heart
and that conscience would beat one last time
and to feel that was to feel alive
you will feel that living breath again
you will have dreamed
without fear
to live that dream
if only for that second
you believed you could have lived forever
without fear
without reprisal of any kind
whether that be the kingdom in you heart
whether that be the kingdom in your living conscience
only now would you have learned
that you can live those moments forever
that what men will,will be so
that what men desire,desire they will
what cruelness is to the cruel
without gain their lies no return
when kindness is goodness in kind
only in that moment would you have seen what you could be
never to be that ghost of what you have become





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