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Silence speaks more than

A Million commandments

Free will and speech

Eternal freedom of man

As silence becomes a refuge for the broken

With every glance, the world grows colder

The gaze of authority is unyielding,

As fear becomes the currency of compliance

Thoughts once bold now cower in the recesses,

Their brilliance dimmed by the weight of oppression

Shiver, no solace

In perception of inevitable forfeiture

Be a monument

Summoned by fire

Drown in darkness

Forever at loss

Freedom taken away

In shackles once more

To blindlessly follow

is to wither