I have chosen a life that depends on one__ awareness that every breath may be his last, every step may bring his downfall, and every word may stir betrayal. In truth, I must live in conscious ignorance of the mere thread that holds my life aloft, trusting that God alone has the power to sever it, and that He will do so only when my work on earth is complete.
Oh deep winter snow, pale executioner, thou who delights in a slow, torturous death.
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