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The Story of Oppression        Now, this is a story I am sure you've heard before. There's nothing special here, so move along.

        What? You've never head it before? I'm surprised. It's a common one, you see. It's told everywhere, every day. In every nation, in every language, in every heart. Still not ringing a bell? I know they try and silence it, but I didn't think that they had succeeded. It sounds like you, my dear friend, need some enlightenment.

                                         . . . .

         It began in the beginning, as most stories do. There was a people; a unified society of self-proclaimed perfection. All that lived within were happy b
Truth is Greater than LiesHey you, why wear the mask?
You say there's something beneath,
But is there? I ask.
You too put your sword in its sheath.
Why not stand for truth?
You take refuge in deceit.

Stop.
Why oppose the lies?
They have wronged you, but you invite this surprise.
Let them see what there is to see,
And be who you were really meant to be.

Listen.
I was once like that,
Hiding the candle I held inside,
So shy and feeble like a part of me died.
The light will go out,
A breath without,
And your mask will become your only face.

Look.
Scarlett blood falls,
An open wound is bleeding
Your struggling soul, it crawls,
Leading a life without

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Artwork for a Maori fable I illustrated of how the Kiwi lost its wings. :)

This bird's a Pipiwharauroa aka Shining Bronze Cuckoo. She's one of those devillish little birds who push out the eggs in another bird's nest and leaves her own for them to raise and care for.

Click here to read the story.
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~Nina-Lupus Jun 12, 2012
OH! When I saw this in my inbox, I thought it was a photo! This is really great!
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