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Canvas
Canvas of beige
Painting your world with boredom
Sameness
Outlawing individuality
Shutting life into simple boxes
So you don’t have to be afraid
Canvas of blood
Painting your world with overwhelming hate
Pain
Outlawing compassion
Shoving humanity into walls
So you don’t have to be afraid
Canvas of tears
Painting your world with stabbing sorrow
Guilt
Outlawing laughter
Drowning joys in an ocean of murk
So you don’t have to be afraid
Canvas of ignorance
Painting your world with black and white
Mistakes
Outlawing understanding
Keeping everything fuzzy, out of focus
So you don’t have to be afraid
Canvas of smiles
Painting your world with searing brightness
Cheer
Outlawing depression
Seeing nothing but a perfect fairy tale
So you don’t have to be afraid
Canvas of perfection
Painting your world with unachievable standards
Ideals
Outlawing mistakes
Striving for nothing but the impossible
So you don’t have to be afraid
Canvas of rainbows
Painting your world with new emotions
Ideas
Outlawing nothing
Breaking out of all preconceived notions
Everyone is afraid sometimes
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