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My inner optics are driven by actions, and, at times, they can be quite simple; I can't be a good person if I don't do good things, I can't be a bad person if I don't do bad things. But then, at other times, they get clouded and quite muddled; you were a good person to me only because I allowed you to be, you were a bad person to me only because I allowed you to be. My inner optics are driven by actions; not that of others, not yours, solely my own, and that's my burden, not to bear, but to quietly navigate.
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