The Waking World

To go up you must first go down
To go out you must first go in
To get the picture you must see through it
To understand you must listen
To understand you must stop thinking
To understand you must live it
It isn't and It is
You aren't and you are
We do and we do not
maerd dna pu ekaw
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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