Poetry is to Music as Lyric is to Soul for Friday, March 13, 2020

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Friday, March 13, 2020

Powerful Addiction

Powerful Addiction Underneath our calm pretense, A cauldron of anxiety simmers. We were born condemned By the very humanity that defines us. Like denizens of Plato’s cave, We are mesmerized by the shadows Playing on the wall. Our dilemma is this: We are at once, the most noble of creatures, And, capable of the most heinous atrocities. Why? Highest love and basest hate Define our species. Hero’s, Dupes, or Villians; Who are we? The highest pinnacle of creation Or the destroyers of life itself?... Sign in to see full entry.

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