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Cleanse, To Plant 'A Seed of Virtue'

Cleanse - To plant 'A Seed of Virtue'...! Cleanse my mind, cleanse my heart and cleanse my thought I pray; seething anger, insatiable desire and pangs of fear way-lay! Easy prey for stimulant, that prowls for a hunt and looks out to vent; feeds on from incubates in the mind, held by an incidental stent! Feelings follow thoughts without a barrier, like fire and heat awaiting a pyre; to drag me down, scuffle with me to drown - deep into awaiting quagmire! Stuttering words spew venom on, maybe in offence or in defence; sequel to inward feeling in a spurt, finding no way to renounce. After what is told and heard comes action, all without knowing - true notion; waxing and waning emotions, only herding, mind and intellect to utter commotion! Does it matter to look at cause and effect, as a 'dent' done once is done forever; chinks tinkered, brought back to course - visible and invisible scars - be guised never! Repentance may dawn on own guilt - haunt and later steer towards an apology; but, the heart and mind of the victim though has distanced itself beyond 'apogee'! Sure to help if the thought is reigned, curbed well or changed in course; asserted and affirmed on a positive note will not head-on to anything so coarse! Plant the seed of virtue in thought and see it transcend in nature - to boast and hold a toast; it always does a lot of good to remember the dictum that "anger first consumes the host"!

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