57. Daring

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You dare to look up at me?
you ask.
Yes, but this isn't really a dare,
I bask.

What is, then?
you task.
That I once dared to look up to you,
I mask.

What changed that?
you wonder.
The day you dared to take me for granted,
I surrender.

Then why stand here even now?
you blunder.
Because it needs daring to own up to your mistakes,
I thunder.

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