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The weakness of the officer

The weakness of the officer…

His barricade frame looming soullessly over the victim as the other officer decided she was too sick to come in…

The sadness of the old man arrested for holding a placard containing truths we all should believe in…

The weakness of your will to go along with everything now that it’s nothing…

 

But what’s nothing?

Is nothing breathing? Is nothing hearing? Is nothing seeing?

 

You can’t be at peace with dissonance…

And in order to achieve peace you must wake up to the hell that persists…

Don’t think you can avoid it…

Prepare to ask yourself the question;

Would you rather live in a cell where they don’t let the sun in,

Or be beaten to death for believing in something?

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SeismicNought
Published
Sep 10, 2025
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