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You are a pathway strait

unlike your last mistake

and mistakes are learning curves;

they aren’t your overall fate.

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You have your being

but their eyes aren’t seeing

what goes on inside

of your mind as it’s fleeing.

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Steady your ship

sail yourself to equip

yourself with a set

of masts they cannot rip

or strip.

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Rescue yourself from the doldrums

breath fresh air into your lungs

leave the noxious and nasty

to suffocate on their own tongues.

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Cause they never will know

what you have lived and do know;

they don’t deserve to encounter

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what you can be

what you will be

what you will become

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when you thrive and you grow.

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Set your sights and show

that beauty bright

and innermost light

of your selfless glow.

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Smile like the crest of a wave

and remain deep

leave those naysayers to weep

in their shallow dug graves.

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