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Contradiction

We tell children that they can do anything in the world

Set your mind to it, and the sky is yours

Yet, in the same breath, we're supposed to explain

That no matter how close you travel to the mountain

Either admiring from afar or standing at the base

You will never get to the top

No matter how hard you try, you will be left

Standing in the cold, admiring from a distance

Somehow, both are true

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jia_greens
23 / M / Denver
Published
Mar 24, 2021
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