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The Man

WHAT IS HE? AN ANGEL? He possessed a RIGHTEOUS ATTITUDE. KNOWING WHEN TO BLINK. KNOWING WHEN TO SHED HIS FEARS. KNOWING WHAT TO THINK. WHEN TO SPEAK. IGNORING EVERY BARRIER STANDING BEFORE THE STORM. COMMANDING IT TO FADE. REACHING FOR THE GATE. SEARCHING FOR THE KEY. CONVINCING EVERY BELIEF. THE TAMING OF ABUSE SMASHING THROUGH EXCUSE. He PRONOUNCED the DREAM A REALITY. UNBROKEN, UNSCATHED, UNCHALLENGED, UNSETTLED, UNDERNEATH UNSHAKEN. HE PREVAILED! HE REQUESTED ALL ATTENTION BE PAID AT THE DOOR. HE SOUGHT THE POOR. RELENTLESS HE STROVE A BOASTING STRIDE. HE STALKED. HE WALKED. THE RICH HE THOUGHT, SHOULD BE SHAKEN TO THEIR CORE! DIGNITY, HE BROUGHT TO THE SURFACE. SO THAT EVERY EYE WOULD SEE, AND EVERY HEART SHOULD BLEED. NOBILITIES SILENCED. POWERS THAT BE RECEDE! AT THIS MILE HE CRACKED A BLINDING SMILE. FOR HE KNEW WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES LAY AHEAD. WHAT FIGHTS TO BE FOUGHT. WHAT FLAMES TO NAUGHT. WHAT WATERS TO WADE THROUGH. WHAT DESTINY TO CLAIM. WHAT WRONGS TO RIGHT. WHAT TEARS TO WIPE. THROUGH THE DARKNESS HE REVEALED THE LIGHT.

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