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Altruism


To lose myself within one of God's many gifts

 
Alone

 
I would beseech the land and sea to walk with me

 
To remind me what I am blessed with and because

 
Of how far I've come.

 
To understand the tribulations of the tides

 
And mark the imprint I leave upon the desolate sand.

 
To take heart the millions of years it took to shape each and every grain

 
The grains I so carelessly frolic upon in my insolence.

To cherish the souls I reap to sustain my person

 
And glean the rewards of survival.

 
I shall not be blinded by the insecurities of self

 
And I shatter the misconceptions of what it means to

 
Survive.

 
I will thrive in the untamed environment

 
Where only I truly can understand who I am,

 
To release my soul and cast it out like a makeshift line

 
Where I attempt to fill my stomach with promises of tomorrow.

 

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