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The Sprigs and Spirit of Sistine -3

What have you two done, I can see the age in your faces already, oh your so bold and smart you silly and naive creatures, sure, I sheltered you kept you away from violence, jealousy, and pain, do you have any idea what happens in the raw evolution of life, have you ever witnessed death can you even conceive it, huh, you're gonna feel the fire of rage and the panic of embarrassment, you're gonna wake in the frost of depression and age into the shadows, you're gonna fight for everything that you need and love and sometimes even that won't be enough you and your children are going to hurt and be hurt in ways that you can't believe, my darlings, I love you, but your natures have been changed from roses to razors, you will become grotesque gods unto yourselves, however, in the wilderness, you will be able to create, to care, to love but it will be so hard for you, so hard to keep your hearts alive, I'll be with you always, your eyes are open to judgment now, go on to the other side... J.A.B.

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Date: 9/13/2017 4:35:00 AM
"you're gonna fight for everything that you need and love and sometimes even that won't be enough" ah, such a curse of humanity. Onto the other side they go... Always, Laura
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Justin Bordner
Date: 9/13/2017 6:42:00 PM
Justice, and injustice are sometimes ill defined, and often very difficult to understand and respond to prudently Poetess. Only the deeply wicked shun justice, caring not for it's calculus. Justice has a terrible way of being ambiguous in our minds, and amorphous in observable effect. As I've said before, we only have the right to fight to live, we do not have an inherent right to life after birth...J.A.B.

Book: Shattered Sighs