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Pandora's Box
A beautiful box placed in front of me.
And I, not told what lies within the inside.
But I am told that I cannot open it.
Open it and find it's secrets.
Maybe I can just look inside, just one little peek.
No-- I cannot.
Something bad might happen. . .
But why would they give it to me, if something bad were to happen?
I'll just peek inside.
Just one littl tiny peek.
Nothing should happen.
Right?
Undoing the latch, I look left and right-- No one around to see.
And I open the lid, looking inside but there is nothing to see.
And I lose my hold on the lid and it snaps open and I watch darkness fly out of it.
Disease.
War.
Famine.
Death.
Heartbreak.
Hatred.
Evil.
Oh no, what have I done?
I quickly get another grip on the lid and force it close with only one little light still inside.
Looking doing at it, I hear it whisper to me.
"Hope" it says but I have already closed the box.
I look up at the sky, watch the darkness take over the light that use to be the world.
What have I done?
Why didn't I just leave the box alone?
Now there is all this evil and no hope in the world.
And it's all my fault.
I should had gone looking for trouble.
I should have just left all that evil inside of the box.
Left it inside of my box.
Which is why you shouldn't go looking for trouble I suspect.
Opening lids to things that aren't suppose to be opened.
Just leave the evil alone, let it be.
That why you won't get hurt.
Take a lesson from me...
My name is Pandora, if you didn't catch that.
And I opened the box.
I only hope that you will not make the same mistake.
So leave evil alone.
And always look for hope because it's there.
You just have to find it.
Find it and forget the evil.
Forget the darkness that came out of my box.
And into your world.
And I, not told what lies within the inside.
But I am told that I cannot open it.
Open it and find it's secrets.
Maybe I can just look inside, just one little peek.
No-- I cannot.
Something bad might happen. . .
But why would they give it to me, if something bad were to happen?
I'll just peek inside.
Just one littl tiny peek.
Nothing should happen.
Right?
Undoing the latch, I look left and right-- No one around to see.
And I open the lid, looking inside but there is nothing to see.
And I lose my hold on the lid and it snaps open and I watch darkness fly out of it.
Disease.
War.
Famine.
Death.
Heartbreak.
Hatred.
Evil.
Oh no, what have I done?
I quickly get another grip on the lid and force it close with only one little light still inside.
Looking doing at it, I hear it whisper to me.
"Hope" it says but I have already closed the box.
I look up at the sky, watch the darkness take over the light that use to be the world.
What have I done?
Why didn't I just leave the box alone?
Now there is all this evil and no hope in the world.
And it's all my fault.
I should had gone looking for trouble.
I should have just left all that evil inside of the box.
Left it inside of my box.
Which is why you shouldn't go looking for trouble I suspect.
Opening lids to things that aren't suppose to be opened.
Just leave the evil alone, let it be.
That why you won't get hurt.
Take a lesson from me...
My name is Pandora, if you didn't catch that.
And I opened the box.
I only hope that you will not make the same mistake.
So leave evil alone.
And always look for hope because it's there.
You just have to find it.
Find it and forget the evil.
Forget the darkness that came out of my box.
And into your world.
Published 10th Apr 2012
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21st Apr 2012 1:00am
An excellent description of the tepmtation of the banned. The more we are told not to do something, the more alluring it seems to become. I think there is a little of Pandora lurking within us all. Thank you so much for sharing.
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