Literature
Musings from Your Conscience
I am that sinking feeling
in your stomach,
that pain in your head,
that screaming voice
in your mind, but most of all:
I am that weight on your
shoulders.
I am the temptation
when you know you
shouldn't, but still you do.
I am the murkiest depths
of your morality
and there's nothing
you can do to stop me.
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I am the lightness of your
soul, shining so brightly
in the dark that it hurts your
eyes. I am the never-giving-up,
be-a-good-person-or-else-
what-are-we-all-here-for thoughts
that propel you everyday.
I am the smile to strangers,
the gentle generosity to life.
He may be the devil on your back
but I'm the angel he'll wish
he never cros