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"A strut into a lighted future"



I, the one who saw the depths.
Who ate in clay plates
Who in the ladder of life touched the earth
I, the son of the lowly
I am him who saw the sunlight-
It reflected on a mirror

I am WE-
We the grains
We the rains
We the sands
I am we, the sunlight
We are the trees
We are the blossoms

In us hung numberless fruits
We have become the hope
We, from dark pasts
Strut into a lighted future
We are the ones abandoned
Now we wield the key to freedom
Yes, I am
I am WE!

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