Die Trying

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Run as far as the land meets sky, reach your hand out and grab

You might find the things you so fervently chase

Endlessly like chasing the wind

Feeling like you ought to escape the weary’s of endless days of languishing

You dream of lavishing your body and soul with affluent delicacies

‘Tis a pity most of us die trying……..

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