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A Strange Proposal
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2021-07-07
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How do you talk someone out of a self-destructive dream?
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How do you convince the one you love that it seems
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that, even though they have your love, you know they walk the line
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between life and death and, come misstep, will perish before their time?
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I have convictions too,
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but they're not very strong.
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I'm a tree.
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Firmly taken root,
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swaying
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as the wind pleases
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yet never breaking
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in my base belief
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that, even though it all, I don't want to cease
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but instead find a quiet place
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guaranteed to bring me wherever-needed peace.
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I don't want you to lift your head,
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bloodied, war-torn,
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and choose oblivion over admitting defeat.
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I want you to create a world with me.
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***
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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (c) Vane Vander
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