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Things that Can't be Lost


Any shelter I build

Can easily be blown away

But my faith will stay

The food I collect 

Can rot or be stolen

But my will to survive

Can't be taken

My body can be beaten

My friends may turn on me

But my knowledge of the path I take

Allows me to conquer any feat 

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