<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=575348" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Basilisk and the Mirror</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">There once was a basilisk<br>Who never wanted to be alone, <br>But never had any friends<br>because one look would make them run in fear.<br>This basilisk could never look into its lover's eyes, <br>For its lover would turn to stone<br>And be all alone.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">There once was a mirror, <br>Which displayed exactly the truth.<br>Some would want to doubt this mirror, <br>For its truth is the whole truth<br>Without a lie in its sights.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">There once was a lonely basilisk and a truthful mirror, <br>Forbidden for one to see, <br>And one right even without a gaze to be seen.<br>The basilisk felt hopeless and rejected, <br>And wanted to ask the mirror why.<br>As always the mirror responded truthfully.<br>And now there is only stone within its sight.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">There once was a basilisk, <br>With power one could only dream.<br>But now there is only a stone, <br>Old, crumbling, and grey.<br>It used to have life<br>But now is a stone to stay.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ryan+A.+McGraw">Ryan A. McGraw</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=575348" data-title="The Basilisk and the Mirror de Ryan A. McGraw" data-description="There once was a basilisk Who never wanted to be alone, But never had any friends because one look would make them run in fear. This basilisk could never look into its lover's eyes, For its lover would turn to stone And be all alone. There once..."></div> </div> </div>

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