OS Prompt 1.5 - Appearances Can Be Deceiving...

[thecricketer]

"Do not judge a book by its cover."

"Things are not always as they seem."

"Appearances are often deceiving."

These mantras persevere in some form for generations on many a planet, and yet so few listen to them.

Look at me, for instance. What do you see?

You see youth, and innocence.

You see passivity, and fragility.

You see always the man who holds his friend's hand, and never the man who has burned another to death.

That is why you always lose.

I have seen more death than you can possibly imagine, lived more lives than you can dream.

I am a tired renegade, a bitter exile, a disillusioned meddler. I will not stand for your cruelty, your corruption, your oppression.

You would do well to know this, but I will never tell you.

Comments

[capturedworlds.livejournal.com]

Is that why you always keep going?

[thecricketer.livejournal.com]

...That's one reason, I suppose.

[capturedworlds.livejournal.com]

I can understand that.