Show Me

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Let sunshine pour
into the clouds that swim like milk.
Let the glass be made clear,
so I can see the truth.

I want to see the world
for what it is,
the people that deceive, pretending,
the mirage shimmering that is false.

Show me the brutality,
show me the tainted love,
show me affection offered as a transaction,
that I can understand life.

© Emma Steel