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Do not live your life By assumptions and rote. Let your answer to strife Be a strong, solid vote For Courage and Truth.
Always live from your core, Like you did as a child. Never fail to ignore Any urge, calm or wild, That defies Wisdom's couth.
And above all be true To Integrity's soul. In whatever you do, Remain joyfully whole In your beautiful heart.
For this life that you live, As intense as it seems, Is intended to give Not false magic of dreams, But your Power's true art.
Dedicated to my husband, QuietBear, who inspired this poem