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Not because I lost my sight I will not see;
Not because I cannot hear I will not understand;
Not because I lost my teeth I will not smile;
Not because I lost my hair I lost my will;
Not because my body is frail I lost my strength;
Not because my limbs are numb I cannot sense;
Not because I can no longer walk I will not reach;
Not because I have lost this mind I have lost a spirit;
Not because I have lost this body I have lost a soul;
Not because I am no longer around I want be near;
All because I will live in you and you in me;
 because you will see beyond you and these letters,
because you will peek at the three sides of the coin;
 because your thoughts will be beyond physics;
because your mind will venture the sub
conscious;
 because you will draw vigor from heaven and earth;
 because you will extend your arms for truth,
 and 
 because you will live by and die with it.
Never fear … I will be near…..

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