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It's not “true” because I believe it I believe it because it is true.
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Apr 22, 2014
Apr 22, 2014 at 11:06 AM UTC
Quid est veritas?
In the tomb, it reeked of rot, of mold, of cold— a crypt where time gnawed silent, slow, and sure. Through years of thirst and famine’s cruel hold, my flesh dissolved, my bones lay bare and poor. The glass turned black with filth, with creeping blight, rust ate the chains—one snapped, its strength undone. The dwarves, who forged them, never reckoned right how time kills everything and everyone. The cave breathed hush. Just water’s hollow chime, drop after drop, on stones no light could warm. There, at the threshold, steeped in grime and time, a sleeper waited for the spell to swarm. Then came the knight—a bride in steel, in flame— her shadow pooled where no light dared to tread. She knelt, her lips a breath away from mine, her voice a spark to raise me from the dead: Then kiss me, Snow White. Let the curse be cleft— I’ll rise the third dawn, under Pilate’s hand, or Charles’, or any other power left, that rules this land.
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Apr 3, 2025
Apr 3, 2025 at 10:35 AM UTC
New Snow-White