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The Valley of the Shadow of Death

The desert breaks each man open, at the crossing of dunes- Where the sun sets, God enters violently, for survival to begin without water without shelter without raiment without poison each man with his mind only crosses sunsets to find freedom, first in the self, then from the body in wandering, the contemplation begins/ends first with understanding: you are mortal, death is one moment, only the life you are living is what you have left save it, save it, save it empowered you move: onward to education, others love you, you are not alone you affect all the living life is about giving back you regret, you regret, you regret past decisions: they do not matter once you move onward, the feet keep moving, in experience is pain; scorching sky sand burning alive, but strive to see beyond hardship, in an ocean of gold, you are floating, transcending pain is the colour of being alive- so appreciate it, so appreciate it, so appreciate it but don't venerate it, cherish the self together with nature, both selfish, unselfish embrace paradox alone, unalone, aesthetic, unaesthetic, life is chaos, later arranged by the mind, but also unity, it is perfect your immorality, is not a flaw but ego, others fear you will not love, learn respect, laws find common ground with animals, but man evolves moving towards, all means lead to end- thus evolve with language break to create again, so the law prolongs humanity you will follow, and lead, you will follow, and lead, you will follow, and lead make mistakes, others will rely on them, for evolution it is our way, to embrace humanity while it exists, but fear not, one's life is a gift it is precious, no calamity can break you down, but rather squeeze, making jewels your eyes, seeing only jewels, creating only jewels your mistakes are beauty, your mistakes are beauty, your mistakes are beauty only when you embrace, morality, love, pain, in all law, all error, before only body, raw as the cactus you clutch prickle, no aestheticism, only survival, preserve your body as a tool for shaping jewels preserve, and shape, preserve, and shape, preserve, and shape the sun sets, beyond the dunes, now no turning back, the road will guide you back to civilization, back to the wild, back to survival, where the mind opens, and God enters in.

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Date: 11/27/2011 11:00:00 PM
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