Integrity

Learn from the wisdom around you
That replenishes when replenishing is due
For it is dire that there be the indemnity
For the unexalted integrity
That it may live once again
And distinguish itself from every feign
As the practice indelible
Adoptable, teachable and inheritable

To be truthful and honorable
And for it be reputable
To value and respect
To invest then expect
To lead and to participate
To correct and to appreciate
To be passionate and wholehearted
And finish all that is started

Feel that sense of duty
Wrapped in its fulfilling beauty
To cure from wilt
And to preserve good as built
As a reasonable channel of your diligence
That its reward may influence
All eyes that see
To want to be
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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February 24, 2016 at 7:54 PM
Kennedy, Enjoyed the way you expressed every line. Please keep writing, hope to see a new one from you again. LOVE LINDA
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August 5, 2016 at 1:42 AM
Count on it..
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January 3, 2016 at 10:48 PM
AWESOME
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February 17, 2016 at 6:19 AM
thanks a lot!
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