Miss Represent
Their opulent robes did not hide the ugliness beneath for long.
Fake smiles permanently engraved as a Machiavellian domino to belie heinous intentions soon gave way to underlying wormholes of revolting truths.
Once you were in,
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Long after their talons had ripped you deep like an autopsy victim and shredded your soul into hamburger meat.
We never saw it coming.
The manipulation was beautiful in it's execution, that could not be denied. The skill and calculation to get us where they wanted us was a rival to the seven wonders.
Now, soulless and despondent for the lives we once led, we shuffle like spirits along the vast hallways of hell on Earth. They use us and abuse us and leave us to wither away into the nothingness we have become.
Because we trusted.
Because we cared.
The meek shall inheret the Earth? Whoever coined that phrase must have been a wearer of the Robes. One of the original designers of the game. Repeated to us as if words hold truth in themselves. As if we would blindly believe what they told us.
As if.
But.. it worked. Because we walked right in with our shoulders back and our hearts wide open.
Back when we still had hearts.
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Obedient lambs are the easiest to lead. This makes me think of how I tell my children to be caring and honest in their lives but then warn them that not everyone is that way. Those with dark intentions can be clever in how they hide.
Some of the young gremlins of the town of Freewrite have been kind enough to volunteer to deliver today's prompts! Please be advised, they have silly string and have eaten their way through a basket of Pixie Stix.
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Them pesky gremlins... ;)
Hey @arbitrarykitten, these are deep words. Truth and deception, belief and religion... Themes that makes one think on life. Great freewrite. Lots to take from it.
Glad you waded into the deep end ;)
Oh!! Your words are back!!! So glad that to see you here!! Hugs!😘
They'rrre bA-aack :)
Glad to be here ❤ Hugs right back at ya doll 😊
Good to see you writing, hun!
Welcome home, I'll go put the kettle on...lol
The meek shall inherit the Earth?...mm, my thoughts exactly..
..... it goes against every natural order..
Yesss... ;)