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Shadows on the wall June 26, 2012

 


Plato tells us

We mostly live

An illusion

The shadow

On the wall

Of the cave,

From which

We need a guide

To reveal to us

The real world,

Dragging us out

Into the scalding

Brightness,

Truth being too

Much for most

Of us to bear,

When we find

Shadows

More comfortable

To endure,

We are not

A people

Who handles

Truth well,

Preferring the

Illusion

Even when the

Shadow we see

We cast onto

The wall,

Out here,

In the sunlight

All is just too stark,

No gray places

In which we can hide,

We need the fake

Things to make us

Feel safe,

Inside.


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