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Pivotal

So what is it worth to you?
Will you stick your neck out for it?
Will you fight for it?
Will you do your duty to your fellow man?
Even if he scorns you for it?
Excludes and labels you for it?
Calls you a traitor for it?
Institutionalizes you for it?
Kills you for it?
Is group acceptance of the highest importance?
Even at the sacrifice of your liberty?
At the cost of taping your mouth shut?
Criminalizing your thoughts even?
Do you know that if you give it up you've given up?
Is your prime duty to yourself?
Do you mean anything you've ever said?
Are you a hypocrite?
Are you afraid?
Are you a sniveling coward?
Do you understand you are being tested?
Do you know there will be a reckoning?
Are you willing to pay that price too?
Have you thought this through?
Do you know that in spite of yourself i believe in you?
Do you know that i'm counting on you?
Will you dare to be a shouter in the desert?
Then i will stand or fall with you
This is a pivotal moment
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