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Pray.
Grasp these beads, they are your home
For the temple lies within
Pray.
Sit beneath His feet
Your body belongs to Him
Terminate her image
Her life in your mind
Pray.
Let the flame protect you
Its gift in strength
Ancestral intentions
Words birthed upon infancy
Burdens paralleled in honors
Your fortune summons a life
Acting amidst the stains
Of your misdirected past
Pray.
Cultural misconceptions
Led you astray
Engulfed your spirit
Claimed you to your surroundings
Pulverized your collectivist core
Where are you?
Presently dreaming
Pleasurably destroying
Your familial future
The fault is your own
Success belongs to them
Leave my mind
For an empty conscience
Carries no guilt
And yours has inundated
Our hope
Pray.
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