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Poem by Dewain Belgard

Published in December 1995

With every breath
I take today,
I vow to be awake;
and everything
I need to do,
I vow to do
with my
whole heart,
so I may see
with the eyes
of love
into the hearts
of all I meet;
to help them
in the ways I can
and touch them
with a smile
of peace.

Dewain Belgard
New Orleans, Louisiana

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