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How would you define a person- perception?
Of what then? Do you state with certainty, then,
that what you percieve through your looking-glass
Is the entire truth, the whole reality?
Do you even dare to claim, then,
With such certainty,
that your gossamer hold on reality does not deceive you?
To assume, as you do, that the measure of a man
Can be taken from what he shows to you, is likened to judging,
if a measure more absurd,
A book by its cover,
an oak by an acorn.
Nay, do not define one by appearances,
Rather, await eagerly the content therein;
For just as a worn cover denotes not pages of refuse,
but annals of well-referenced wisdom,
And the tiny acorn begets not a frail sapling,
but a venerable monument,
So can the apparently weak display valor,
The reserved possess insight,
The closed exude empathy.
And in this act, may you, apparent fool,
Be reformed, and be worthy,
of the same deepened consideration you now bestow.