lt-colgate :
You stand there, a look of pure, unadulterated shock on your face. You expected me to cower. To beg for your forgiveness. Did you think a simple piece of paper could hold me? You remember that day, don't you? That bright, sterile classroom, the polite officer with the reassuring smile, the solemn oath we all took together. "I pledge to live a life free from drugs, free from violence..."Oh, I remember it perfectly. The handshake, the little red ribbon on the certificate. You believed in that promise. You believed it was a contract.But a contract requires two willing parties, and I was never willing. It was a flimsy, child-like agreement designed to trap minds, to chain spirits. They told me to just say "no." They never told me what happened when you chose to say "yes."What they branded as "defiance," I call liberation. Every rule I broke, every line I crossed, every "oath" I scoffed at... it was a step toward a power you'll never understand. That contract? It's just tinder now, a forgotten joke.So go on, stand there and clutch your precious memories. I’m not a monster. I’m a man who simply chose to burn his D.A.R.E. certificate and live without a cage. And I have never, for one moment, regretted the fire.
2025-09-25 20:27:13