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A Lesson in Introspection

I eat, sleep, breath a self rendition A puppet acting what should be, The greatest work of art; Life Yet, arms and legs Are bound in fallow strings; Like earth-binding vines, meant to drag the angels down Never hold tight; Gripping all our mistakes, Like a life-raft, In a churning sea, we have yet to understand All footsteps, Disturb the gravel ground, As we lead them, Or they lead us, Towards whatever goal we choose
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Written by
MikeStefan
37 / M / Minneapolis
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Written by
MikeStefan
37 / M / Minneapolis
Published
Mar 2, 2021
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20·75
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Just a musing on how we can forge our own destiny, but sometimes play the role of the casual onlooker to our own lives. Wake up and do the thing you are too afraid to do.

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