And you should always tell the truth right?
But what happens when the truth is so bitter
That you have to lie to have it understood?
A book's hero and his actions
Tell a seven year old kid
That good wins over evil
That seven year old kid grows up
And keeps reading
He reads of bloody wars fought for freedom
He reads of deadly disease
He reads of mighty warriors
He reads of the Dark Knight
He sees in Superman hope
In Green Lantern will
In Spiderman acceptance
In Catwoman grace
He grows some more
Gandalf teaches him to challenge the odds
Aragorn to stand and fight
Atticus tells him that all lives matter
Ichigo inspires him to protect the ones he loves
Jimmy Valentine tells him to repent
Santiago teaches him the art of perfection
Morpheus gives him the power to believe
He learns so much from the nonexistent
That one day he realizes
The people in his life who don't exist
Are the ones who taught him not to lie
They taught him to view the world as an open book
They told him to have faith
They put in him values
They drove away his fears
So the next time someone comes into a library
Make sure you remember
That fiction isn't lies
And learning can happen from any source
The Bilge Master
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