Tuesday, July 7, 2020

In defense of denial


            In defense of denial
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Sometimes it is better to not know
Uncertainty is caustic
There is no escaping
The pain of knowing

I remember this when night
Visitations of every dread
And shame and mistake
Come calling with rigid certainty

Once I peel off my blinders
I discover there is no adjustment
To put them back. Pretending
Not to know no longer serves

Is truth what we want
Peel off one layer of unknowing
Another takes its place
Equally implacable
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