to live not as one
who knows but as one
who wonders

to exist not as one
who is but as one
who yearns to be

to journey not as one
who leads but as one
who seeks

to speak not as one
who answers but as one
who questions

to touch not as one
who possesses but as one
who cherishes

to hope not as one
who awaits but as one
who creates

to relate not as one
who controls but as one
who empowers

to pray not as one
who recites but as one
who overflows

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