Paranoia

Plain darkness.
Nobody is present.
No shadows, no whispers.
It is their faces that cannot be seen,
their thoughts that cannot be heard.
It is another victory of the heart,
a triumph leading to doom.
How many times can a man make the same mistake?
Is a lesson so heard to learn?
It takes courage to have aims
as it takes loyalty to have friends.
As loyalty dies away,
the greed grows bigger,
big enough to say there are no eternal friends
only eternal interests.

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