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Your Worthlessness and Emptiness Irk

Widen your perspective and glide beyond and above the pride Welling up in your chest, embarking on the sparkling quest To eliminate and waste opportunities to progress as you ride A high horse, assuming you taste victory in every vital test You undergo to vindicate humility As a far greater asset in reaching the apex Meant for you as versatility, adaptability and agility Raise the bar, demanding higher specs from your vertex In education, association and emancipation Where business as usual counts for nothing Until pride withdraws its hand from your participation In elevating altruism, heroism, and dynamism in every station Your feet tweet and touch as you search for meaning in caring more For everyone around you, great or small, poor or rich, ugly or pretty Male or female, cursed or blessed, joyful or sore Mild mannered or ill mannered, extravagant or thrifty To contribute a great deal to developing your caring nature Your self effacing repertoire of skills and insights to raise the bar of your usefulness To neighbor and hermit, friend and foe, fad and culture Because in the end no one benefits from your worthlessness and emptiness.

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