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(Reposted with apologies because it never made it on friend lists.)
The darkness lies.
The darkness says things like "it's the sensible thing to do" and "you have no other choice." The darkness hides the world around you, keeping you from seeing other options, from seeing all of the truth. The darkness takes part of the truth, then twists it to its own ends. The darkness claims that everything is black and white. The darkness rigs the game in its favor. The darkness seduces and pleads and bullies and blackmails and wheedles and baits and switches and uses every ad hominum trick in the book (and three more the Greeks missed). But the darkness lies.
Pain is real. The need to escape pain is real, the most so for pain of the soul. The darkness uses pain for its own ends. The darkness claims it is the only escape. But the darkness lies.
The darkness lies very well. But the darkness lies.
---L.
The darkness lies.
The darkness says things like "it's the sensible thing to do" and "you have no other choice." The darkness hides the world around you, keeping you from seeing other options, from seeing all of the truth. The darkness takes part of the truth, then twists it to its own ends. The darkness claims that everything is black and white. The darkness rigs the game in its favor. The darkness seduces and pleads and bullies and blackmails and wheedles and baits and switches and uses every ad hominum trick in the book (and three more the Greeks missed). But the darkness lies.
Pain is real. The need to escape pain is real, the most so for pain of the soul. The darkness uses pain for its own ends. The darkness claims it is the only escape. But the darkness lies.
The darkness lies very well. But the darkness lies.
---L.