Sanctity

By Vincent Van Zandvoort | Poetry / Prose | 26 Dec 2024

Sanctity

The only way to find peace is to recognize the sanctity of your enemy’s life. You cannot simply erase them as if they are animals; their lives are as valuable as yours.

Yet, this very sanctity makes true peace impossible. A permanent ceasefire can only exist under tyranny, where freedom is suppressed to preserve life.

Instead, let us embrace the danger of conflict, for it is in this danger that perfect freedom resides.

Loving your enemy is loving yourself, for in their eyes, you are the enemy. Blood will flow, but it is precisely because life is sacred that it does.

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Vincent Van Zandvoort

As an author and a musician, I craft short stories, songs, poetry, and prose across various genres. My work delves into themes of disappointment, confusion, betrayal, corruption, grief, sacrifice, friendship, loyalty, and the boundless nature of love.

Poetry / Prose

As an author and a musician, I craft short stories, songs, poetry, and prose across various genres, including science fiction, fantasy, supernatural, thriller, horror, and drama. My work delves into themes of disappointment, confusion, betrayal, corruption, grief, sacrifice, friendship, loyalty, and the boundless nature of love. Here, you’ll find something that resonates with everyone.

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